Collection Highlights
Twenty-third Street west of Sixth Avenue
Date:
1900
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medicine bottle
Object Number:
Z.626
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 1 3/8 in. ( 16.5 x 7 x 3.5 cm )
Marks:
in relief (lengthwise): on obverse: "M. K. PAINE DRUGGIST / & APOTHECARY / WINDSOR VT."
Description:
Opaque white glass medicine bottle blown in a two-part mold with separate base plate; patent lip, cylindrical neck, rounded shoulder, and flattened ovoid body with "M. K. PAINE DRUGGIST & APOTHECARY WINDSOR VT." inscribed lengthwise in relief on obverse.
Gallery Label:
Milton K. Paine was a druggist and apothecary in Windsor, Vermont as early as 1868 and as late as 1880. In 1868, his business was located at the corner of Main & State Streets where he manufactured and sold wholesale and retail his Green Mountain Balm. Advertisement for the product featured the "Green Mountain Boys Gathering Materials for Paine's Celebrated Green Mountain Balm of Gilead and Cedar Plaster."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
