Bottle

EP-2010-7-25

From: United States of America | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia County | Philadelphia | Univesity of Pennsylvania Museum

Curatorial Section: Historic

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Object Number EP-2010-7-25
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience United States of America | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia County | Philadelphia | Univesity of Pennsylvania Museum
Section Historic
Materials Glass
Inscription Language English Language
Description

-Brown glass bottle – beginning to deteriorate (cloudy film on outside) – broken off at neck – longer body, sloping shoulder narrowing to neck. Neck has two projecting rings near shoulder, then straightens to neck (breaks off at this point). There is also a corroded (iron?) metal lump attached to side (body) of bottle (did not obscure any words) – slight indentation in base. Label running parallel to length of bottle:

JMO. WYETH & BRO

PHILADELPHIA

LIQ. EXT. MALT [2014]

-Amber glass bottle with iridescence and two rings on the neck of the bottle. The finish of the bottle is broken off. There is a corroded metal lump attached to the side, possibly iron. An inscription on the front of the bottle reads "JNO. WYETH & BRO", not "JMO. WYETH & BRO...". [2016]

Height 18.5 cm
Width 7 cm
Credit Line Penn Museum Building Construction and Expansion Projects

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