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; partial tan label on front of bottle with enough information it identify the product; embossed name of manufacturer on side of bottle and numbers…
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; partial tan label on front of bottle with enough information it identify the product; embossed name of manufacturer on side of bottle and numbers on bottom; empty of contents.
Printed on label: [Missing some letters] D L AMAR // C TAIN; 60% a hol; embossed on one side: “P. H. MALLEN // HOMEOPATHIC PHARMACISTS // CHICAGO”; EMBOSSED ON BOTTOM: "W. T. CO. // B // U.S.A"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A4-8 Box 3 Row D
Width
4.2
Height
12.7
Depth
4.2
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
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.