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Medicine Bottle

Mediumglass

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x diameter of base): 6 × 2 1/4in. (15.2 × 5.7cm)

Credit LineGift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III

DescriptionBlue, round, large-size medicine bottle originally stored in an apothecary chest owned by Dr. Cyrus Pendleton of Hebron, Conn. Bottle has a brown sticker label identifying the contents. The bottle is from Riker & Hegeman Co., Chemists and Druggists. The bottle is filled halfway with a white, powdery substance. There is a cork flush with the bottle opening. Hand-blown glass.

Object number2016.100.35

InscribedBrown sticker on bottle, typed in black ink: "Riker & Hegeman Co.,/ Chemists & Druggists/ No./ Date/ Directions/ Dr./ Disp. by/ Checked by/ 200 Broadway, New York"; label did have directional information, but it is faded and illegible.

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