Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1981.044.008 |
Object Name |
Bottle, Medicine |
Title |
PARKER & CO. Medicine Bottle |
Lexicon category |
5: T&E For Science & Technology |
Date |
1890s? |
Year Range from |
1890 |
Year Range to |
1903 |
Made |
Parker & Co. |
Place of Origin |
Unknown |
Description |
Clear pressed glass medicine bottle from Parker & Co. drugstore. It has an oval shaped footprint with one flat side, like a flask. The moulded lettering on the front says "PARKER & CO / DRUGGISTS / OWEN SOUND ONT". There are many bubbles trapped in the glass and an odd diagonal imperfection on the bottom of the bottle. It is clean and once took a cork. |
Provenance |
Likely dates from the 1890s or early 20th-century. The Parker & Co. drugstore business began in Owen Sound in the 1850s under the name of Parker & Cattle. It had a long history (and its store locations changed). Owen Sound did not have a bottle glass factory, so the bottle must have been custom-made for the drugstore at another locale. Unknown provenance. Last owned by Mark Clement of Owen Sound, Grey County. |
Collection |
Bottles & Equipment, 20th-c Collection |
Material |
Glass |
Dimensions |
H-10.7 W-3 L-4.8 Dia-2.4 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Parker, Stephen Johnson Parker, Joseph W. Parker, John |
Subjects |
Drug Stores Owen Sound Business |
Search Terms |
Parker & Co. |