Collection Highlights
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Date:
1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Moore.1
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Medicine bottle
Object Number:
Z.527
Date:
1899-1915
Medium:
Glass, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. ( 11.4 x 2.9 cm )
Marks:
printed: in various colors: other stamps, with various inscriptions and decoration
printed: on paper wrapping: "DR. J. COLLIS BROWNE/CHLORODY/SOLE MANUFACTURER,/J. T. DAVENPORT/OPERATIVE CHEMIST & PHARMACEUTIST./To H.R.H. The Duke of Cambridge,/33, GREAT
Description:
Blue nonlead glass medicine bottle blown in a three-part mold with cylindrical neck and octagonal body; paper cap tightly wrapped around top of bottle; body covered in paper wrapping printed in red and blue, with inscriptions including "SOLE MANUFACTURER, J. T. DAVENPORT, OPERATIVE CHEMIST & PHARMACEUTIVE"; sealing wax across folds of wrapping, base.
Gallery Label:
Sticker affixed to bottom of bottle reads "Leadbeater".
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
