pharmaceutical bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact30766
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV972.3.8
- Description
- The item is a bulk product stocked by a pharmacy. Up until the 1950s, pharmacists provided most prescription medications by creating compounds of bulk products that were given to customers as pills, salves, or tonics. Clear glass bottle with glass stopper and LUG (label under glass). Half filled with brown liquid. Bottle has a rounded base.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Cedar Cottage Pharmacy in Vancouver.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Marked "Wyeth's / ELIXIR / GENTIAN" Black text on gold machine printed label under glass. Crest shaped label. Content and dosage info. printed. From John Wyeth & Brother Inc. based in Walkerville, Ontario.
- Names
- Cedar Cottage Pharmacy
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver