Artist/Maker
Wm. R. Warner & Co.
Sample bottle
1870-1880
Place madePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North America
Glass, paper, paint, cork
Overall: 3 3/8 x 3 1/8 in. ( 8.6 x 7.9 cm )
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
2002.1.11
DescriptionHollow clear glass globe with glass pedestal. Cork stopper in bottom. Pedestal painted gold with black lettering: "Sugar Coated Pills / Manuf'd by Wm. R. Warner & c. / Phila--." Filled with red and white round pills.MarkingsPaper on bottom damaged / inscribed: "Pill Globe Sample Bottle, Patented Washington, March 28, 1871."
ClassificationsADVERTISING & BUSINESS EPHEMERA
Collections
- Business and Advertising Ephemera: The Bella C. Landauer Collection
