Bottle

Name/Title

Bottle

Description

Glass bottle; tapers from 4-1/4 diameter at bottom to 1" diameter at top; bottle made of dark glass; embossed on bottom; "I" inside a diamond and embossed near neck of bottle is "2-1/2 FL. OZS." paper label printed in red, blue, and black; gives directions for use and for opening also has image of lady wearing blue skirt, red and white top, holding straw hat; metal cap is unusual design, directions indicated cap some sort of tear away closure. Paper label on bottle; printed in blue ink "Colorite/(Reg US Pat Off)" and bottom of label in red and black ink is "(Carpenter-Morton Company/Boston, Mass., USA" Contents of bottle is a navy blue dye for straw hats.

Collection

Daniel Henricks

Acquisition

Accession

1985.006

Source or Donor

Daniel Henricks

Acquisition Method

Donation

Made/Created

Place

City

Boston

State/Province

Massachusetts

Region

Northeast

Continent

North America

Country

United States of America

Notes

Date: 1890-1910 Made: Carpenter & Morton Co.

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

May 31, 2001

Create Date

May 31, 2001

Update Date

February 12, 2025