J. Personeni Cobalt Blue Medicine Bottle

Object/Artifact

West Virginia Mine Wars Museum

Name/Title

J. Personeni Cobalt Blue Medicine Bottle

Entry/Object ID

KK.0047

Description

Small cobalt blue medicine bottle from the J. Personeni store, New York.

Collection

Household Goods

Made/Created

Date made

1880 - 1930

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Embossing

Location

front of bottle

Transcription

J. PERSONENI TRADE / JP / MARK NEW YORK

Material

Glass

Colors

Color Notes

cobalt

Relationships

Related Places

Notes

Wanda, WV at House Site near Ethel Hollow

Web Links and URLs

photographs of the old J. Personeni Store in New York, at the Museum of the City of New York

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Archaeological Find

Notes

Ethel, West Virginia

Research Notes

Research Type

Internet

Person

Shaun Slifer

Date

Jan 25, 2021

Notes

Trow's Manhattan and Bronx Directory for 1909 lists Joseph Personeni as "Central Italian medicine warehouse, wines and liquors," and places him at 496 W. Broadway.