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Title |
Medicine Bottle recovered from City Centre Plaza, c. 1870-1920 |
Object Name |
Bottle, Medicine |
Description |
Medicine Bottle recovered from City Centre Plaza, c. 1870-1920. This bottle is oval shaped with a flat front face in cross section and it has narrowed slightly from shoulder to base. The rim has prescription finish which is narrow (vertically) and the outside surface distinctly tapers in from the top surface of the finish to bottom. A 1 inch short and narrow neck flares out .75 inches shoulders to a 3.75 inch body. The bottle is clear and shows evidence of glass machine manufacture. |
Date |
c. 1870-1920 |
Creator |
Unknown |
Role |
Manufacturer |
Catalog Number |
1999.048.391 |
Dimensions |
H-5.25 W-2.25 D-1.25 inches |
Collection |
3D - Medical & Psychological Tools & Equipment |
Inscription Text |
none |
Provenance |
20 boxes of archaeological material excavated from the City Centre Plaza site at 950 Main at Middlefield in Redwood City. Excavation for development, done by Basin Research Associates. |
Notes |
" the most popular "type" of druggist/prescription bottle styles were the "oval" type bottles. These bottles vary in actual cross-section shape but are always rounded on one or more sides and/or the corners. Beyond that, the shapes vary widely with some being rounded or flattened on both the front and back or even all sides, but with rounded corners as the binding feature if the cross-section shape is somewhat rectangular. The most common oval style druggist bottles with a flattened front panel (for a plate) with the sides and back being rounded together with no obvious break between them (base pictured below) were known by most bottle makers as the "Philadelphia Oval"." [http://www.sha.org/bottle/medicinal.htm#Oval Druggists 08/31/2016 ] |
Search Terms |
Archaeolgy Bottle Collection Bottles City Center Plaza Medicine Redwood City |
Subjects |
Archaeology Bottle industry Bottles Drugstores Medicine Redwood City |
Credit line |
Courtesy of the City of Redwood City |