Tyler & Walton Bottle

Object/Artifact

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Marvin Samson Museum for the History of Pharmacy

Name/Title

Tyler & Walton Bottle

Entry/Object ID

PCP.2023.2.350

Description

Empty glass bottle from Tyler & Walton, which operated from c. 1745 through 1918 at Broad & Parrish Streets in Philadelphia.

Collection

Alan and Lorraine Warren Collection

Category

containers, medicine bottles

Acquisition

Accession

PCP.2023.2

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Tyler & Walton

Time Period

19th Century

Place

City

Philadelphia

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Continent

North America

Notes

Broad & Parrish Streets

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Bottle

Height

5 in

Width

1 in

Length

2 in

Circumference

3-1/2 in

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Object Label

Label

c. 2016 gallery label: This collection of medicine and pharmacy bottles, gifted by Alan and Lorraine Warren, is an important addition to the Museum's holding of Philadelphiana; nineteen of the twenty bottles are marked "Philadelphia," either in full or in abbreviation.