Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2019.051.004 |
Object Name |
Bottle, Medicine |
Title |
Medicine Bottle from the H. Kress Drugstore |
Credit line |
In Memory of Mary Alice (Galbraith) Cuzen |
Date |
1941 |
Year Range from |
1941 |
Year Range to |
1941 |
Artist |
Consumers Glass |
Made |
Consumers Glass |
Place of Origin |
Chatsworth, Township of Chatsworth, Grey County |
Description |
A colourless, pressed glass medicine bottle, with a cork-style lip and narrow, ridged neck. It is labelled with a form-printed prescription label from the H. Kress drugstore at Chatsworth. The label identifies that the prescription was made by Dr. H. E. Mountain for Russel Galbraith [James Russell Galbraith], dated 27/10/41 [1941]. The back of the bottle is emboss-moulded with graduations and an apothecary symbol 3VIII for the fluid capacity (eight ounces). The bottom of the bottle is emboss-moulded with a "D", and "REX OVAL / TRADEMARK REG", with a "C" inside an inverted triangle mark. |
Makers mark |
The bottom of the bottle is emboss-moulded with a "D", and "REX OVAL / TRADEMARK REG", with a "C" inside an inverted triangle mark. |
Provenance |
Made by Consumers Glass and dates to 1941. The prescription was filled at the H. Kress drugstore in the village of Chatsworth, Grey County. James Russell Galbraith was a First World War veteran who farmed in the Arnott area Holland Township, Grey County. The item was passed down to Bradley Cuzen of British Columbia. |
Collection |
Bottles & Equipment, 20th-c Collection |
Material |
Glass/Paper/Inks/Glue |
Dimensions |
H-18.5 W-6.3 L-4 cm |
Found |
British Columbia |
People |
Galbraith, James Russell Kress, H. (Druggist) Mountain, H. E. (Dr.) |
Subjects |
Bottles Glassware Drugstores Pharmacists Medicine |
Search Terms |
Chatsworth (Village of) |
Function |
A factory-made medicine bottle, that has moulded graduations on the back side to assist the user when pouring doses from it. The user would pour a teaspoonful out for each dose. |