Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1975.033.007 |
Object Name |
Bottle |
Title |
Dr. Bell's Veterinary Liniment Bottle |
Lexicon category |
5: T&E For Science & Technology |
Year Range from |
1893 |
Year Range to |
1937 |
Artist |
Dominion Glass Company |
Made |
Dominion Glass Co. |
Place of Origin |
Kingston, Ontario |
Description |
DR. BELL'S VETERINARY LINIMENT (topical medicine) moulded, rectangular, amber-coloured glass bottle (with cork) and label affixed to front. Label is bright yellow with black and red text. |
Makers mark |
Moulded diamond-shaped mark on underside |
Provenance |
Likely made by the Dominion Glass Co. and was used for a product from the Dr. Bell Wonder Medicine Company of Kingston, Ontario. Found in the barn of a property owned by the Ministry of Natural Resources on the Derry Line in Sydenham Township, Grey County. The farm had belonged to Harry Gardiner. The Ministry of Natural Resources sold the barn to the County of Grey-Owen Sound Museum. It was subsequently moved to the Grey Roots Museum & Archives site. |
Collection |
Bottles & Equipment, 19th-c Collection |
Material |
Glass/Paper/Ink |
Found |
Sydenham Township (formerly), Municipality of Meaford, Grey County |
Function |
Liniment was used for external use only. |