Medicine bottle

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Medicine bottle

Entry/Object ID

SS.61.47

Description

Bottle, medicine: pale green mold-blown glass; welted lip; cylindrical slightly flared neck; short almost horizontal shoulder; 12-sided body; pontil-scarred base.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Date made

circa 1820 - 1850

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

3-1/16 in

Width

1-1/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 3 1/16 x 1 1/8 in. (7.8 x 2.9 cm)

Material

Glass

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

SS.61.49 - Medicine bottle - Part of set SS.61.48 - Medicine bottle - Part of set

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Miscellaneous: These pleasant small, early bottles are almost impossible to trace to a specific origin, or remedy, and illustrate that the concept of combining good form with the strictly functional is not new to the twentieth century.

Note Type

General Note

Note

one of 3

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Sunnyside, 2nd floor hall