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Bottle (Medicine or Turlington's Balsam bottle)
1754 (1815-1835)
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
United States; North America
Materials
- Glass (nonlead)
Museum Object Number
1975.0224
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Claneil Foundation
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Object Number
1975.0224
Object Name
Bottle (Medicine or Turlington's Balsam bottle)
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
United States; North America
Date
1754 (1815-1835)
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: All sides
Inscription: In relief "BY/ THE/ KINGS/ ROYALL/ PATENT/ GRANT/ ED TO," "ROBT/ TURLI/ NGTON/ FOR HIS/ IN/ VENTED/ BALSOM/ OF LIFE," "LONDON" and "JANY 26 1754"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Archaeological evidence for similar (America)
- Medical
Materials
- Glass (nonlead)
Techniques
- Mold-blown
Dimensions (inches)
2.756 (H) x 1.102 (W) x 1.378 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
7 (H) x 2.8 (W) x 3.5 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Palmer, Arlene. 1993 Glass in Early America: Selections from the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 425 pp.
• Published: no. 332, p. 348Book: Noel Hume, Ivor. 1969 Glass in Colonial Williamsburg's Archaeological Collections.
• Turlington's bottles (3) excavated at Printing Office and Wythe House, Williamsburg, Virginia: p. 44, fig. 39, "pirated copies of Robert Turlington's 1754 bottle." For 1750 bottle, see fig. 43, fig. 37.Book: Noel Hume, Ivor. 1969 Archaeology and Wetherburn's Tavern.
• Turlington's bottle (from different mold) excavated at Wetherburn's Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia: p. 35, fig. 24, somewhat similar bottle shape, in relief inscribed "ROBT TURLINGTONS BALSAM OF LIFE BY THE KINGS PATENT MARCH 25 1750"