COLLECTION NAME:
Massachusetts Historic Bottles Collection
Record
Accession number:
UMAG00029
Collection Name:
UMass Archaeological Services Bottle Collection
Site name:
Ephraim Skerry House/March St. detour
Complex title:
Skerry House
Site date:
17th, 18th, 19th centuries
Modern location:
Salem, Massachusetts
UMAS identifier:
UM103 - 1.5
Artifact name:
glass bottle
Artifact function:
medicine
Artifact form:
medicine
Artifact material:
glass
Commercial mark description:
C.H. & J. Price Druggists Salem, Mass.
Commercial mark location:
front body
Image view description:
Close up of embossing on body of bottle
Artifact condition:
intact
Seam locations:
along the body up until the neck
Embossing description:
company, location, maker's mark
Embossing location:
body
Artifact color:
colorless
Bottle finish type:
prescription finish
Bottle closure type:
cork top
Pontil scar presence:
n
Manufacturing techniques:
two-piece mold
Artifact date:
mid-19th to 20th century
Artifact terminus ante quem:
1970
Artifact repository:
UMass Archaeology Services
Rights:
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
