Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1981.044.006 |
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 the Parker & Co. drugstore. It has an octagonal footprint and has "PARKER & CO / OWEN SOUND" in molded letters running down the front. There are some bubbles trapped in the glass, it is empty, and once took a cork. |
Provenance |
Likely dates from the 1890s or early 20th-century, when aqua glass was popular for bottles. 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-15.9 W-3.8 L-6.1 Dia-2.5 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Parker, John Parker, Stephen Johnson |
Search Terms |
Parker & Co. |