Medicine bottle

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Medicine bottle

Entry/Object ID

SS.61.42

Description

Bottle, medicine: pale green ("aquamarine") mold-blown glass; welted lip; long cylindrical neck; short, almost horizontal, shoulder; long cylindrical body, blown in two-part mold with vertical inscription: "MEXICAN/MUSTANG/LINIMENT"; pontil-scarred base.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Date made

circa 1830 - 1840

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

4-1/4 in

Diameter

1-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 4 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (10.8 x 3.8 cm)

Material

Glass

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

McKearin's Antiques

Notes

Former owner

Related Entries

Notes

SS.61.41 - Medicine bottle - Part of set SS.61.43 - Medicine bottle - Part of set

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Miscellaneous: Varieties of patent liniments (as well as home-prepared counter-irritants) were legion, many, like "Doctor Bennett's Golden Liniment...' for horses...equally as efficacious as upon the human family,' " (V. Carson)

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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