An earthenware corked mercury bottle; it has a paper label.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Found in a cabinet in the donors' basement after they bought the house from John Briscoe of Briscoe's pharmacy which was located at 229 Princess Street in Kingston from 1954 to 1966; it is likely that Briscoe acquired the collection during his career as a pharmacists.
Dates
1900
circa 1900
Date Remarks
Similar to other artifacts in the same collection (003050029) from this period.
Material
earthenware: brown
cork; brown
paper: off-white
Inscriptions
"MERCURY // LYMANS, Limited Montreal // Established 1800" printed on the label
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A2-9 Row D
Dimension Notes
Length 12.8 cm x Diam. 6.0 cm
Condition Remarks
The label is faded and stained.
Reference Types
Other
Book
Reference Comments
Kingston City Directories
Research Facts
John Briscoe took over Bishop's Drugs Ltd in 1954; Bishop owned another store at 528 Princess Street from 1946 to 1954 and it had been a drug store under other ownership from 1923 until 1946; this is a possible origin of some of the collection.