(a) Wide-mouth, square medicine bottle with a screw cap; the body of the bottle has smooth, flat walls, a flat base and rounded shoulders with a short neck; the neck is threaded for a screw cap; a large label is affixed to the face of the bottle; (b) black plastic screw cap with smooth top; exterio…
(a) Wide-mouth, square medicine bottle with a screw cap; the body of the bottle has smooth, flat walls, a flat base and rounded shoulders with a short neck; the neck is threaded for a screw cap; a large label is affixed to the face of the bottle; (b) black plastic screw cap with smooth top; exterior of sides of the lid have teeth spaced in groups of five to assist grip; interior of screw cap has a paper liner.
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - bottle - Size: Length 14.7 cm x Width 8.7 cm x Depth 6.1 cm
b - cap - Size: Depth 1.2 cm x Diam. 5.4 cm
Provenance
Owned and used by Dr. C.H. Bird or Dr. H.G. Bird of Gananoque, Ontario
Maker
Mallinckrodt Chemical Works
Dates
1924
circa 1924
Date Remarks
Screw caps in wide use after this date
Material
glass: amber
paper: cream
ink: blue; black
plastic: black
Inscriptions
(a) Embossed on base: a border with a connected diamond pattern and a background of a cross-hatched, basket weave pattern; in the centre, embossed upside down: "L [oval shape with an I inside] 6" and right side up, "16 // DA - 500 // 5"; printed on label: "ONE POUND // 3496 // Mallinckrodt® // AMMONIUM // SULFATE // PURIFIED GRANULAR // (NH4)2SO4 F.W. 132.14 //[illeg.] // 2 00 // MALLINCKRODT CHEMICAL WORKS // ST. [illeg.]"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A3-9 Row A
Condition Remarks
Interior of the bottle has some residue; the label is torn at the bottom; the cap has some minor deterioration on the exterior.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
"Bottles: Identification and Price Guide," by Michael Polak, 1994, pp. 19 and 21; "Catalogue of Laboratory Apparatus and Scientific Instruments," CENCO, Central Scientific Company of Canada Ltd., 1942, p. 60 (similar to item # 10408)