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Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.2 © 2016 The Connecticut ...
Medicine Bottles
Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.2 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Medicine Bottles

Original Owner (American, 1830 - 1919)
Retailer (American)
Mediumglass
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions ((.1) height x width x depth): 5 1/8 × 2 1/4 × 1 1/2in. (13 × 5.7 × 3.8cm) Primary Dimensions ((.2) height x width x depth): 5 1/2 × 2 3/8 × 1 1/2in. (14 × 6 × 3.8cm) Primary Dimensions ((.3) height x width x depth): 5 1/2 × 2 1/4 × 1 3/8in. (14 × 5.7 × 3.5cm) Primary Dimensions ((.4) height x width x depth): 5 1/2 × 2 × 1in. (14 × 5.1 × 2.5cm) Primary Dimensions ((.5) height x width x depth): 5 1/4 × 2 5/8 × 1 1/8in. (13.3 × 6.7 × 2.9cm) Primary Dimensions ((.6) height x width x depth): 5 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 1 1/8in. (14 × 4.4 × 2.9cm) Primary Dimensions ((.7) height x width x depth): 5 1/8 × 1 3/4 × 1in. (13 × 4.4 × 2.5cm) Primary Dimensions ((.8) height x width x depth): 5 1/8 × 1 3/4 × 1in. (13 × 4.4 × 2.5cm) Primary Dimensions ((.9) height x width x depth): 4 5/8 × 2 × 1 1/8in. (11.7 × 5.1 × 2.9cm) Primary Dimensions ((.10) height x width x depth): 5 × 1 3/4 × 1in. (12.7 × 4.4 × 2.5cm) Primary Dimensions ((.11) height x width x depth): 5 × 2 1/4 × 7/8in. (12.7 × 5.7 × 2.2cm)
ClassificationsGlassware
Credit LineGift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III
Object number2016.100.2-.11
DescriptionLarge-size, rectangular medicine bottles. Blue-green, transparent glass. Originally stored in an apothecary chest owned by Dr. Cyrus Pendleton of Hebron, Conn. Hand-blown glass.

(.2) Embossed on sides of bottle: "G. P. O. B." and "C. C. W."

(.3) Embossed on sides of bottle: "NORWICH, CONN./ U. S. A." and "OSGOOD'S"
Embossed on front of bottle: "INDIA/ CHOLAGOGUE"

(.4) Embossed on sides of bottle: "HARTFORD, CT" and "BRADDOCK'S"
Embossed on front of bottle: "PULMONARY/ COUGH MIXTURE"

(.5) Embossed on front of bottle: "BURNETT'S/ STANDARD FLAVORING/ EXTRACTS"

(.6) Embossed on sides of bottle: "INFALLIBLE" and "STEPHEN"
Embossed on front of bottle: "SWEET'S"
Embossed on back of bottle: "LINIMENT"

(.7) Embossed on sides of bottle: "DR. SETH ARNOLDS" and "COUGH KILLER"

(.8) Embossed on sides of bottle: "BRADDOCK'S" and "HARTFORD, CT"
Embossed on front of bottle: "PULMONARY/ COUGH MIXTURE"

(.9) Embossed on sides of bottle: "ACT OF CONCRE" and "ENTD ACOBD TO"
Embossed on front of bottle: "R. R. R./ RADWAY & CO/ NEW YORK"

(.10) Embossed on sides of bottle: "CHEMISTS" and "HARTFORD, CONN."
Embossed on front of bottle: "HOOKER/ & CO."

(.11) No embossing or identification for use
Status
Not on view
Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.20 © 2016 The Connecticu ...
Dr. Cyrus Pendleton
Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.60 © 2016 The Connecticu ...
Dr. Cyrus Pendleton
Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.12 © 2016 The Connecticu ...
Dr. Cyrus Pendleton
Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.37 © 2016 The Connecticu ...
Dr. Cyrus Pendleton
Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.36 © 2016 The Connecticu ...
Dr. Cyrus Pendleton
Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.56 © 2016 The Connecticu ...
Dr. Cyrus Pendleton
Gift of Charles E. Platt, 2004.49.1-.12 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Charles Herbert Caswell
1935
Portable Desk
Tiffany & Company
1869
Cased ambrotype of Harriet Newell Rogers Starr and sons
Harriet Newell Rogers Starr
about 1850
Gift of Darwin and Susan Kovacs on behalf of Frederick Ulasik (1911-2015), 2016.76.0 © 2016 The ...
The Silent Glow Oil Burner Corp.