Detail View: Massachusetts Historic Bottles Collection: milk of magnesia

Accession number: 
UMAG00099
Collection Name: 
UMass Archaeological Services Bottle Collection
Site name: 
Greenbush Line Restoration Project
Complex title: 
Greenbush Line
Site date: 
19th and 20th century
Modern location: 
Cohasset, Massachusetts
UMAS identifier: 
UM470 - 3.734
Artifact name: 
milk of magnesia
Artifact function: 
medicine
Artifact form: 
bottle
Artifact material: 
glass and metal
Commercial mark description: 
cursive "H"
Commercial mark description: 
Chas H Phillips chemical co.
Image view description: 
Embossing on lower body of bottle
Artifact condition: 
intact with bottle cap
Seam locations: 
two on either side running from base to neck
Embossing description: 
descriptor; maker's mark, date, company, and country made in
Embossing location: 
front and base
Artifact color: 
Cobalt blue
Bottle finish type: 
external thread
Bottle closure type: 
threaded metal cap
Pontil scar presence: 
n
Manufacturing techniques: 
machine-made
Artifact date: 
20th century
Artifact terminus ante quem: 
1924
Artifact repository: 
UMass Archaeology Services
Rights: 
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)