Historical information

This bottle was bought at the local chemist or a chemist in a larger city on a shopping expedition. The shape of the bottles changed as did the stopper used to seal it. History of Rawleigh's.

Significance

Historical: Change of bottles - shape, glass, stopper, embossing, use
Aesthetic: Display showing embossing and shape.

Physical description

Clear glass bottle with rectangular base and straight sides three quarters of the way up tapering into the neck and then the screw top opening. The front face is heavily embossed with maker's name signed across the face. The back and side faces are flat while the front is indented and framed with a curved top. The base is embossed and slightly indented.

Inscriptions & markings

Front side: "I Rawleigh's I"
Base: Common seal 'A' with 'G' on top and 'M' underneath inside the 'A', 'G437' and an 'O'