Green glass bottle containing mixed isomeric menthols with a paper label on the front reaching halfway around, and a smaller paper label at the back reaching the rest of the way; bottle is two thirds full of liquid, some of which has crystallized in the interior; bottle is sealed with a brown cork,…
Green glass bottle containing mixed isomeric menthols with a paper label on the front reaching halfway around, and a smaller paper label at the back reaching the rest of the way; bottle is two thirds full of liquid, some of which has crystallized in the interior; bottle is sealed with a brown cork, and there is a brown string tied around the neck; the front label contains a decorative illustrated border, and an illustration in black ink in the middle of a man seated at a desk, surrounded by apothecary paraphernalia.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Received from anonymous donor via Kingston General Hospital Public Affairs.
Based on the date code on the bottom of the bottle for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company.
Material
glass: green
paper: tan
ink: sepia, black
string: brown
cork: tan
Inscriptions
Printed on front label: "1 023552D753MDC // GIVAUDAN DELAWANNA INC. // NEW YORK // REG. U. S. PAT. OFF. // De la Galerie de S.A.S. Monseigneur le Duc d'Orleans // MIXED ISOMERIC // MENTHOLS B.P. NOT // U.S.P. // NET 1 OZ. // PRINTED IN U.S.A. // FOR MANUFACTURING USE ONLY"; printed on back label: "NON-WARRANTY // The supplier makes no warranty of any // kind, expressed or implied, concerning the // use of this product. The user assumes // all risk of use or handling, whether or not // in accordance with any directions or sug - // gestions of the supplier."; raised on glass: "Duraglas // Duraglas // 3 // 2 // 1"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A2-7
Height
9.0 cm
Diameter
3.7 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Copy Type
original
Reference Types
Websites
Reference Comments
"Givaudan SA - Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information on Givaudan SA", Reference for Business: https://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/8/Givaudan-SA.html
"Molecule of the Week Archive (–)-Menthol", December 26, 2016, ACS Chemistry for Life: https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/molecule-of-the-week/archive/m/menthol.html
SA Bottle Glossary, "Duraglass", Society for Historical Archaeology Inc.: https://sha.org/bottle/glossary.htm
"Bottle Dating: Machine-made bottles portion of the Dating Key", Society for Historical Archaeology Inc., "Question 11": https://sha.org/bottle/machinemadedating.htm#Question%2011
Research Facts
Givaudan Delawanna is a former name of the perfume company Givaudan SA based in Switzerland. It was founded in 1895 in Zurich, but changed locations to be near Switzerland after a nearby bakery complained that their bread smelled of violets.The company was a pioneer in the introduction of synthetic fragrances, and often mixed synthetics with natural fragrances. In 1946, Givaudan opened a perfume school in Grasse in southern France in order to train future employees and perfume creators. They estimated in 2001 that one in three of the world's fragrances had been developed by perfumers trained by Givaudan.
Menthol is the main constituent of mint, making it a familiar scent and flavour to many. Mixed Isomeric Menthols, the contents of this bottle, are most likely a combination of the isomers (the same compound of atoms with a different molecular structure) isomenthol, neomenthol, and isoneomenthol.
The logo on the bottom of this bottle is from the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, and the numbers around it represent its date and factory code. The embossed "Duraglass" at the heel of the bottle occurred from 1940 until the mid 1950s, and the "2" to the right of the logo indicates that it was produced in 1942.