Collection Highlights
William Pitt, the Elder, First Earl of Chatham (1708-1778)
Date:
ca. 1770
Object Number:
1864.5
Medium:
Marble
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Apothecary bottle with stopper
Object Number:
Z.696ab
Date:
ca. 1862
Medium:
Glass, gilding, paint
Dimensions:
with stopper: 14 1/2 x 5 1/8 in. ( 36.8 x 13 cm )
Marks:
painted: on brass plate affixed to bottle: "CARB./MAGN."
pressed: around bottom of bottle: "W. N. WALTON PATd SEPT 23: 1862."
printed: on round sticker affixed to bottom of bottle, around edge of circle: "APOTHECARIES HALL BRIDGEPORT, CONN. LEWIS W BOOT
Description:
Colorless blown lead glass apothecary bottle with wide mouth, short cylindrical neck, circular body, pushup, and pressed lead glass stopper; attached rectangular glass label with gilding and painted border and inscription"CARB. MAGN."
Gallery Label:
Stopper may or may not be original to bottle.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
