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Pharmacy: Shop Furniture : Bulk containers for herbs, powders and liquids

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• Bottles
• PH101
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• In this collection there are six cylindrical bottles used to carry different powdered chemicals that could have been combined to create medicines. The bottles are fairly big and therefore were used to store a large amount of supply over a long period... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• PH102
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• In this collection there are three cobalt blue glass cylinder bottles with rusting tin lids. Cobalt blue, hand-blown glass dates to about the 1840s and typically caried some type of syrup. Two of the bottles have no label and have no product remainin... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• PH103
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• There are four cylindrical glass bottles used to hold different chemical compounds and pharmaceutical agents. The glass is hand-blown which dates these bottles to the middle of the 19th century. Each has a label identifying the contents inside the bo... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• PH104
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• In this collection there are four clear, glass cylindrical bottles which stored different chemical components to create medicines in the pharmacy. This collection contains 3 handblown glass bottles with smooth bottoms and 1 machine blown glass bottle... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• PH105
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• In this collection there four amber colored glass bottles used to hold a variety of medicines. No medicine remains in these bottles today. The bottles have been made with machine blown glass which indicates that the bottles would have been produced a... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• PH106
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• In this collection there four amber colored glass bottles used to hold a variety of medicines. No medicine remains in these bottles today. The bottles have been made with machine blown glass which indicates that the bottles would have been produced a... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• PH107
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• In this collection there are five machine blown glass bottles each with individualized labels. These labels appear to be hand-painted directly onto the glass with a white background and black font with a gold border and design to specialize the label... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• ph108
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• There are two bottles in this collection. Each are made of mold-blown glass dating them to the late 19th century. These bottles have a wider opening at the top called a Salt Mouth to allow for insertion of a spoon. Embossed on the bottom is the name... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• ph109
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• There are six amber glass bottles in this collection. They are mold-blown and have embossments on the bottom indicating that these bottles were manufactured by Whitall Tatum Company, a leading glass manufacturing company in Millville, New Jersey. The... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• PH110
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• This collection contains six, small amber bottles. Each bottle comes with its own unique label that has a printed name of the contents that were once in the bottle and is complete with a gold and red border and gold design. All the bottles are empty.... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• PH111
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• This collection contains five, small amber bottles. Each bottle comes with its own unique label that has a printed name of the contents that were once in the bottle and is complete with a gold and red border and gold design. All the bottles are empty... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• PH112
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• This collection contains a set of six pharmacy bottles. The bottles are machine blown and would have been used in the mid to late 1800s. Each bottle contains a unique label describing the contents that were in the bottles when in use. Each label also... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• PH113
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• This set contains five clear glass pharmacy bottles of medium size. They are dated between 1880 and 1920 becasue of the mold-blown glass. Each bottle has a sticker label, a glass stopper, and all but two contain the original contents. The neck of the... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• PH114
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• This collection contains two bottles that are made of hand blown glass. The bottles are cylindrical in shape however have a narrow neck and small top. The bottles both contain glass labels that are elevated anf seperate from the bottle. The labels ar... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• PH116
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• There are five glass bottles in this set. They are dated between 1850 and 1950. Each bottles has a glass stopper and a label under a thin layer of glass. They have smaller, tincture mouth openings. The bottles are empty but the labels indicate that a... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• PH115
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• There are three small amber glass bottles in this set. These bottles are empty and there are no labels, but each has a glass stopper. An embossment on the bottom reading "TCW Co" dates them between 1900 and 1950. The T.C. Wheaton Glass Company operat... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• PH117
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• There are five glass bottles in this set. These bottles are dated between 1850 and 1920 due to the bubbles in the glass and the medications inside the bottles. Each has a glass stopper and a lable under a thin layer of glass indicating the contents i... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• PH118
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• In this collection of bottles there are 12 clear glass bottles. The bottles are machine-blown with a smooth bottom. On the bottom of each of the bottles is an engraved stamp reading "TCW - Co. U.S.A." The company, TC Wheaton Co. did not start manufac... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• PH119
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• This collection contains 6 large pharmacy bottles. These bottles were manufactured by T.C. Wheaton & Co. in Millville, New Jersey in the late 1800s (1888 was first year of manufacture) - this is known because on the bottom of the bottles is the engra... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• PH120
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• In this collection there are six cylindrical bottles. Each bottle is made of hand-blown glass dating these bottles to the early 1800s. Each bottle also has a label. These labels contain a black and gold border and a unique design surrounding the name... View Full Record
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• PH122
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• This is a glass bottle with the label "Tinctura Stramonii". It is almost full and contains a dark brown liquid inside. There is a glass stopper and the label is paper. An embossment on the bottome reads "W.T.Co USA". These markings indicate that this... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• PH121
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• There are glass bottles in this set. Embossments on the bottom of the bottles read "T.C.W.-Co USA". The TC Wheaton company was operated out of Millville, New Jersey starting in 1888. The company was well known for pharmaceutical glassware such as the... View Full Record
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• Convallaria Majalis
• PH123
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• 19th century White ceramic medicine jar labeled Convallaria Majalis. Also known as Lily of the Valley, convallaria majalis, although highly toxic, was used as a diaretic and cardiotonic used to treat dropsy and cardiac dropsy in the 18th and 19t... View Full Record
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• Gentian Extract
• PH124
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• 19th century white ceramic medicine jar labeled Gentian Extract. Gentian was used for digestion problems such as loss of appetite, fullness, intestinal gas, diarrhea, gastritis, heartburn, and vomiting. It was also used for fever, hysteria, and hi... View Full Record
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• Damiana Extract
• PH125
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• 19th century White ceramic medicin jar labeled Damiana Extract. Damiana is a wild shrub that grows in Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies. The leaf and stem are used to make medicine. Historically, it was used mostly to increase sexual de... View Full Record
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• Medicine Container
• PH126
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• 19th century White ceramic medicine jar - label is no longer legible... View Full Record
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• Quassia Extract
• PH127
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• 19th century white ceramic medicine jar labeled Quassia Extract. Duing the 19th century, Quassia was used for malaria in the Amazon region. It has been used topically for measles and orally or rectally for intestinal parasites, diarrhea, and fever... View Full Record
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• Lactea Extract
• PH128
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• 19th century white ceramic medicine jar labeled Lactea Extract. From Tibet, Lactes was used and an herbal contraceptive, an anti-cancer drug, a laxitive, and used as a treatment for fever, jaundice, heat pain, nausea, sore throats, vomiting, urina... View Full Record
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• Adeps
• PH129
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• 19th century white ceramic medicine jar labeled Adeps. Adeps is typically animal fat or lard. Used as a lubricant or the base ingredient in a balm used to topically apply medications. 18th and 19th century executioners in Europe used the adep... View Full Record
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• Chamomile Extract
• PH130
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• 19th century white ceramic medicine jar labeled Chamomile Extract. During the 19th century, chamomile extract was used to make an ointment for use as an inflammatory in the treatment of hemorrhoids and for wound healing. As a tea, chamomile was u... View Full Record
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• Unguentum Stronii
• PH131
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• 19th century white ceramic medicine jar labeled Unguentum Stronii. Unguentum is a ammoniated and salicylated mercury ointment used in the 19th century for the treatment of syphilis. However, many patients succummed to mercury poison rather than t... View Full Record
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• Confectio Rosae
• PH132
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• 19th century white ceramic medicine jar labeled Confectio Rosae. 19th century pharmacists used rose oils in the treatment of sore throats, a mild astringent and to sweeten many medicines.... View Full Record
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• Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
• PH133
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• 19th century white ceramic medicine jar labeled Ceratostigma Plumbaginoides. Also known as leadwort, ceratostigma plumbaginoides were used in the 19th century, and by some modern herbalists, for the treatment of ringworm and cancer. Today, whil... View Full Record
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• China Pomade
• PH134
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• 19th century white ceramic medicine jar labeled China Pomade. 19th century pomade was usually bear fat. It was sold in pharmacies to men for waxing and styling mustaches, sideburns and beards.... View Full Record
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• Unguentum Iodatum
• PH135
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• 19th century white ceramic medicine jar labeled Unguentum Lodatum. Unguentum is a ammoniated and salicylated mercury ointment used in the 19th century for the treatment of syphilis. However, many patients succummed to mercury poison rather than t... View Full Record
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• Herbal Medicine Bottles
• PH136
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• There are 8 bottles in this set. All are filled with herbal medicines with no labels.... View Full Record
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• Herbal Medicine Bottles
• PH137
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• There are 6 bottles in this set each with labels. A: "Mistletoe" B: "Sweet Fern" C: "Chipped Yellow Sandlewood" D: "Powered Yellow Sandlewood" E: "Skunk Cabbage Root" F: "Powdered Parsley Root"... View Full Record
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• Herbal Medicine Bottles
• Ph138
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• There are 6 bottles in this collection. All have labels A: "Pumpkin Seed" B: "Anise Seed" C: "Turkey Corn or Squirrel Corn" D: "Cut Huckleberry Leaves" E: "Cut Dandelion Leaves" F: "Boldo Leaves"... View Full Record
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• Herbal Medicine Bottles
• PH139
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• There are 5 bottles in this set all with lables A: "Select Blue Marva Flowers" B: "Clover Tops (Red)" C: "Cut Lemon Peel" D: " Quassia Chips" E: "Walnut Shells"... View Full Record
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• Herbal Medicine Bottles
• PH140
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• There are 3 bottles in this set all with labels. A: "Juniper Berries" B: "Poke Berries" C: "Prickly Ash Berries"... View Full Record
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• Ceramic Medicine Jar
• PH141
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• 19th century white ceramic medicine jar. Label is stained and is not legible. It is unknown what the jar contains.... View Full Record
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• Herbal medicine bottles
• PH142
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• A: Watermelon Seeds B: Buchu Leaves C: Cut Balm Mint D: Pale Select Rose Buds... View Full Record
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• Canis Pharmacy Bottles
• PH143
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• A collection of five pharmacy shop furniture bottles from Canis Pharmacy in New York. All are hand blown clear glass with glass stoppers. The labels are paper printed with the pharmacy name and address at the bottom of the label and logo in upper l... View Full Record
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• Elmer & Amend Pharmacy Bottles
• PH144
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• Collection of seven pharmacy shop furniture bottles from the Elmer & Amend Pharmacy in New York. The bottles are of various sizes but are all hand blown clear glass with glass stoppers. All are labeled with paper labels for Elmer & Amend Pharmacy.... View Full Record
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• Alcohol Cetylic
• PH145
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• Glass jar of Alcohol Cetylic. Label reads Fisher Scientific Co. Elmer and Amend, New York. Jar is three quarter full of a white Flakey substance. A solid organic compound that was one of the first alcohols to be isolated from fats. Cetyl alcoh... View Full Record
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• Potassium Bisulphite
• PH146
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• Mold blown clear glass jar of Potassium Bisulphite with cork stopper. contains a white flakey substance. Label is from Elmer & Amend, New York. Potassiumm Bisulphite is used as a food preservative commonly in smoked meats and dried fruit. It is... View Full Record
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• Elixir of Gentian Bottle
• PH147
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• Mold blown brown glass 1 pint bottle of Elixir Gentian with Elmer and Amend label. Label reads Only for physician, dentist or veterinarian use. Gentian is used in herbal medicine to treat digestive problems, fever, hypertension, muscle spasms, pa... View Full Record
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• Tincture of Bryonia
• PH148
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• Hand blown clear glass bottle labeled Tinct. Bryonia with glass stopper. In the 18th and 19th century bryonia was uses as a cathartic. However, it was replaced in the 19th century by jalap because it was considered highly dangerous and a powerful... View Full Record
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• Alumin. Acetate
• PH149
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• Clear glass bottle labeled Alumin. Acetate. The bottle hand blown glass and includes an open pontil on the bottom indicated it was manufactured before 1855. Karl Burow, a 19th century ophthalmologist, invented Burow's solution made with Aluminium... View Full Record
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• Spir. Ammon. Ar.
• PH151
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• Clear glass pharmacy bottle labeled Spir. Ammon. Ar. The bottle is mouth blown glass with a clear glass stopper. The label is white with gold trim and affixed under a thin concave piece of glass. Spirit of Ammonia was made from a distillation of... View Full Record
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• Tinct. Capsici
• PH152
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• Clear mouth blown glass bottle with glass stopper labeled Tinct. Capsici. The label is white with gold trim and affixed under glass. Tincture of Capsici is also known as Tincture of cayenne pepper. Acording to Kings American Dispensatory, in 189... View Full Record
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• Tinct. Valerian
• PH153
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• Clear mouth blown glass bottle with glass stopper labeled Tinct. Valerian. The label is white with gold trim affixed with a layer of glass. Tincture of Valerian is an herbal remedy derived from the dried roots of the valerian plant. It has been... View Full Record
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• Ferri Carb.
• PH154
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• Mouth blown clear glass bottle with glass stopper labeled Ferri Carb. The label is white with gold trim and is affixed to the bottle with a clear glass. Ferri Carb. is the abbreviation for Ferric carboxymaltose. Ferric carboxymaltose has been us... View Full Record
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• P. Ipec. Etopll
• PH155
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• Clear mouth blown glass bottle with glass stopper labeled P. Ipec. Etopll. Label is white with gold trim and affixed to the bottle with a layer of clear glass. This combination of ipecac and opium was used as an expectorant from the early 18th to... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• PH156
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• Set of four pharmacy bottles. The bottles are made of clear mold blown glass. Each bottle is has a white label, lined in gold, affixed to the bottle with a thin piece of clear glass. Bottle A. Labeled Ol. Chenop. Oil of Chenopodium was used by... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• PH157
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• Collection of large pharmacy bottles used to store bulk quantities of drugs to be mixed for dispensing. 19th century mouth blown glass with glass stoppers. The labels are white with gold trim and are affixed to the bottles with a thin sheet of conc... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• PH158
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• Collection of large pharmacy bottles used to store bulk quantities of drugs to be mixed for dispensing. 19th century mouth blown glass with glass stoppers. The labels are white with gold trim and are affixed to the bottles with a thin sheet of conc... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• PH159
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• Collection of large pharmacy bottles used to store bulk quantities of drugs to be mixed for dispensing. 19th century mouth blown glass with glass stoppers. The labels are white with gold trim and are affixed to the bottles with a thin sheet of conc... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• PH160
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• Collection of large pharmacy bottles used to store bulk quantities of drugs to be mixed for dispensing. 19th century mouth blown glass with glass stoppers. The labels are white with gold trim and are affixed to the bottles with a thin sheet of conc... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• PH161
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• Collection of large pharmacy bottles used to store bulk quantities of drugs to be mixed for dispensing. 19th century mouth blown glass with glass stoppers. The labels are white with gold trim and are affixed to the bottles with a thin sheet of conc... View Full Record
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• Spiritus Vini Rect
• PH162
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• Clear glass, mold blown pharmacy bottle labeled Spiritus Vini Rect. Latin for Rectified Grape Spirit, this is basically alcohol. Alcohol has been used in medicine throughout history. There were those who felt that since alcohol was a stimulant,... View Full Record
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• Alcohol
• PH163
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• Clear mold blown glass pharmacy bottle labeled Alcohol. Label is white with gold trim and affixed to the bottle with a thin layer of clear glass. This type of alcohol was used, as it still is today as a disinfectant.... View Full Record
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• Ammon. Chlorid.
• PH164
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• Clear square glass bottle with glass stopper labeled Ammon Chlorid. Label is white with gold trim affixed to bottle with a thin layer of glass. During the 18th century, ammonium chloride was used in pyrotechnics but was later replaced by safer ch... View Full Record
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• Glycyrrhiza Composite
• PH165
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• Clear mold blown glass pharmacy bottle labeled Brown Mixture. Glycyrrhiza Composita. Glycyrrhizin, one of the main active ingredients in licorice, is believed to contribute to the herb's many healing properties. Glycyrrhizin has anti-inflammatory... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• PH166
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• Collection of 12 medium sized bulk medicine bottles. Bottles are mid 19th century clear mold blown glass with glass stoppers. The labels are white with gold and black trim. These bottles are used to hold various chemicals and herbs used in mixin... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• PH167
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• Collection of 12 medium sized bulk medicine bottles. Bottles are mid 19th century clear mold blown glass with glass stoppers. The labels are white with gold and black trim. These bottles are used to hold various chemicals and herbs used in mixin... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• PH168
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• Collection of large pharmacy bottles used to store bulk quantities of drugs to be mixed for dispensing. 19th century mouth blown glass with glass stoppers. The labels, although slightly different in color, incorporate the same format and symbols. ... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• PH169
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• Collection of five large 19th century, clear glass bottles. Used to store bulk chemicals for dispensing. Each bottle has a white label with gold trim. Labels are affixed to the bottles with a thin sheet of curved glass. They contain(ed): Bottl... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• PH170
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• A collection of four 19th century Pharmacy bottles used to store bulk chemicals for dispensing. All bottles are clear and include a white label with red and gold rims. All labels reside in an indentation in the glass, and are affixed to the bottles w... View Full Record
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• Pharmacy Bottles
• PH173
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• Collection of seven large, 19th century, clear glass bottles. Used to store bulk chemicals for dispensing. Five of the bottles have white labels with gold trim, one has a white label with blue trim and one has a white label with black trim. Two of th... View Full Record
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• Tincture Gentian
• PH176
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• Clear blown glass bottle with glass stopper labeled Tincture Gentian Ph. G. From Elmer and amend Pharmacy in New York, NY. Bottle is nearly full with original contents. Tincture Gentian has been used for centuries as a digestive tonic as well as... View Full Record
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• Bottles
• PH177
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• Set of 3 wide 19th century mouth clear blown glass shop furniture bottles with glass stoppers Bottle A: Pulvis Aromaticus. Translates to a pleasant smelling powder. used during the 19th century to treat gastrointestingal distress Bottle B:... View Full Record
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• Elixir Lactopeptine
• PH178
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• 19th century clear blown glass bottle with glass stopper. Bottle labeled Elixir Lactopeptine from arlington Chemical Company in New York. Label is white with blue printing. According to the label, the contents include 18 percent alcohol and Lactop... View Full Record
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• Medicine Jar Set
• PH179
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• 19th century set of two medicine jars. Made from clear blown glass. Each jar has pontil marks on the bottom and have a metal lid. Jar A. labeled Cynosbati. Also known as Dogberry, the root of Cynosbati was used during the 19th century in the... View Full Record
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• F. E. Damiana
• PH180
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• 19th century clear blown glass bottle with glass stopper. The labe is affixed to the bottle with a thin sheet of concave glass and is white with gold and red trim. Labeled F. E. Damiana. Damiana is a wild shrub native to Mexico and Central Ameri... View Full Record
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• Elix. Cinch. Alk.
• PH181
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• Early 20th century medicine bottle. Made from mold blown brown glass with bakelite top. Labelet Elix. Cinch. Alk. The cinchona - a large shrub or small tree - is indigenous to South America. In the 19th century it could be found along the we... View Full Record
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• Pharmacy Bottles
• PH182
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• Set of eight 19th century pharmacy bottles. Clear blown glass with glass stoppers. Labels are white with gold trim and are affixed to the bottles using thin concave sheets of clear glass. Bottles are labeled: Tr. Helonia. An alcohol solution... View Full Record
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• Pharmacy Bottles
• PH183
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• Set of four 19th century pharmacy bottles. Made from clear mold blown glass with glass stoppers. The bottles are labeled Menth. P. Camphorated Menthol is a mild anesthetic, counterirritant, analgesic used as a flavoring agent. Tinctura Del... View Full Record
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• Bay Rum
• PH184
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• 19th century pharmacy bottle of Bay Rum. Bottle is mold blown glass with a glass stopper. The label is from Fisher Scientific Co in Pittsburgh, Penna and Elmer and Amend in New York. Imported from St. Thomas, 51 percent alcohol. For external u... View Full Record
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• Benzonaphtol
• PH185
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• Mid 19th century pharmacy bottle made from clear blown glass with a pontil mark on the bottom and a glass stopper. Bottle is labeled Benzonaphtol. Benzonaphtol is a white crystalline powder used as an intestinal antiseptic.... View Full Record
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• Liquor Bismuth & Ammon. Citrate
• PH186
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• 19th century pharmacy bottle labeled Liquor Bismuth & Ammon. Citrate. Bottle is clear blown glass with a cork stopper and has a pontil mark on the bottom. Liquor Bismuth and Ammon. Citrate was used in the 18th and 19th centuries as a tonic and bl... View Full Record
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• Bulk Medicine Jar
• PH367
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• Late 19th century to early 20th century jar for storage of bulk medicinal products. Clear mold blown glass with glass lid, rubber ring, and wire fastener. label reads ALLSPICE and is from the Lancaster Drug Co, Wholesale Druggist, Lancaster, Penn... View Full Record
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• Manganese Dioxide
• PH187
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• 19th century clear blown glass medicine bottle with a glass stopper. Bottle is labeled Manganese Dioxite, Manganese peroxide, MnO2. During the 19th century, not only was Manganese used in dry cell batteries and as an additive to iron to make it s... View Full Record
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• Herb Bottles
• PH188
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• Set of three19th century pharmacy bottles for herbs. Made from clear blown glass with glass stoppers. Labels are hand written on paper at lower part of bottle. Bottles contain Kola Nuts, Gum Spruce, and Cherry stems Pharmacists used the Kola n... View Full Record
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• Pharmacy Bottles
• PH189
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• Set of five late 19th century mold blown clear glass medicine jars with glass stoppers. White labels with black lettering and gold trim are afixed to the bottles with a thin sheet of concave glass. Bottles are labeled Ol. Cari. Oil of Carum,... View Full Record
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• Pharmacy Bottles
• PH191
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• Set of four late 19th century medicine bottles. The bottles are made of clear mold blown glass with glass stoppers. Labels are white with gold trim and are affixed to the bottles with a thin sheet of concave glass. Bottles are labeled Ol. Ter... View Full Record
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• Pharmacy Bottles
• PH192
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• Set of five Late 19th century medicine bottle uses to store bulk medicines for dispensing. Bottles are made of clear mold blown glass with glass stoppers. Labels are white with gold and black trim. Bottles are labeled Calcii Phosphas Praecipitat... View Full Record
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• Pharmacy Bottles
• Ph193
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• Set of five late 19th century clear glass mold blown glass pharmacy bottles with glass stoppers. Bottle labels are white with gold and blace trim. Bottles are labeled Cinchonin Hydrochloride. Used in the treatment of malaria Quininae Hydro... View Full Record
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• Pharmacy Bottles
• PH 194
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• Set of five late 19th century clear glass mold blown glass pharmacy bottles with glass stoppers. Bottle labels are white with gold and blace trim. Bottles are labeled Quininae Hydrochlor. Used in the treatment of malaria Pepsinum. A homeo... View Full Record

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