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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Medicine bottle
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Medicine bottle

Manufacturer Unknown
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1842
MediumMold blown glass
DimensionsOverall: 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm)
Base: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
InscribedFront marked "HAMPTONS/V. TINCTURE/MORTIMER/& MOWBRAY/BALTO".
Credit LineAnonymous Donor
Object number87.429
Not on view
DescriptionMold-blown olive-amber with tooled neck and applied rim, rounded shoulders, body oval in cross section. Circular pontil scar.

Published ReferencesHampton's Vegetable Ticture, Mortimer and Mowbray, proprietors, Baltimore, advertised in the DAILY MADISONIAN (Washington, D.C.), July 28, 1842; see Baldwin, PATENT AND PROPRIETARY MEDICINE BOTTLES, #1708.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
late 19th century - early 20th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
1800-1850
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
1800-1850
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Franz Gondelach
18th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
late 18th century - early 19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1720-1750
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1750
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
F. & L. Schaum
ca. 1851
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Keene Glass Works
ca. 1830-1840
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1790-1800