Prescription Medicine Bottle

Object/Artifact

West Virginia Mine Wars Museum

Name/Title

Prescription Medicine Bottle

Entry/Object ID

WS.0008

Description

Small glass bottle with deteriorating paper label. Dr. Carl Lawson was an early doctor in Logan County.

Use

for prescription medication

Collection

Household Goods

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Date made

1940 - 1963

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Label

Location

front

Transcription

John Carl Lawson, M.D. ...ket, West Virginia

Notes

Label is scraped and deteriorated, contains basic prescription instructions, any further identification info like phone number is obscured. Any handwriting has faded.

Type

Embossing

Location

back

Transcription

3i Duraglas

Notes

3i is pharmacist lexicon = 1 oz (6 teaspoonfuls)

Material

Glass

Exhibitions

Exhibition

Life in the Coal Camps

Notes

Household Items case

Research Notes

Research Type

Internet

Person

Shaun Slifer

Date

Nov 21, 2020

Notes

Such pharmacy bottles were mass-produced by a bottle manufacturer and sold to pharmacies. The local pharmacy applied their own label when filling a prescription. The Duraglas marking indicates that the bottle was made by Owens-Illinois Glass Company of Toledo, Ohio. The Duraglas trademark (in script) was used starting in 1940 and in bold blocked letters starting in 1963 - this information is from Bottle Makers and Their Marks, by Julian Toulouse. (https://forum.antiquebottles-glass.com/discussion/121/bottles-marked-with-3iv-and-duraglas)