Bottle
date: label: date made
content: 1845-1857
notes: label: Description
content: Glass bottle with a “BURNETT / APOTHECARY / 39 TREMONT ROW / BOSTON” embossed inscription. Joseph Burnett (1819-1894) began working for an apothecary in Boston in 1837, took charge of the shop on Tremont St. in 1845, and moved to a larger location in 1857.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.65.2067
label: catalog number
content: 65.2067
label: accession number
content: 256516
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bottle
label: Other Terms
content: Bottle; Containers
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: "colorless" (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: glass, ?, transparent (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: flint ware (overall popular color name)
label: Physical Description
content: narrow mouth (overall shape)
label: Physical Description
content: oval (overall shape)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21.5 cm x 8.5 cm x 5.4 cm; 8 7/16 in x 3 3/8 in x 2 1/8 in