Empty rectangular clear glass bottle with flat corners and rounded shoulders that taper into a wide neck ending in a collar with cork stopper stuck in closure, cork missing; tan label on front of bottle; embossed numbers on bottom.
Empty rectangular clear glass bottle with flat corners and rounded shoulders that taper into a wide neck ending in a collar with cork stopper stuck in closure, cork missing; tan label on front of bottle; embossed numbers on bottom.
Printed on label: "Homeopathic Tincture // of // Lobelia Inflata // [Most of centre label missing] // Prepared By // P. H. MALLEN COMPANY // CHEMISTS AND PHARMACISTS 125 North Wabash Ave. CHICAGO"; embossed on bottom: “2 oz // 6851”
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010-A
0010-A4-6 Box 4 Row F
Width
2.8
Height
8.7
Depth
3.0
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
Portion of label missing and some of bottom edge, yellowing of label
Copy Type
original
Reference Types
Internet
Reference Comments
P. H. Mallen & Company
Homsopathic Materia Medica
Research Facts
This bottle is an example of a “French Square”. In the late 1860s, a pharmacist from Philadelphia, Thomas Wiegand recommended French Squares for the elegance of their shape, strength, and the “facility and economy of space with which they can be packed together.”
This type of bottle was manufactured until the 1920s. This bottle style was frequently made for homeopathic pharmacists like P. H. Mallen and Company, Chicago.