Historical information

Medicines came in bottles sold by the chemist locally or at a large city chemist store on a shopping expedition.The shape and colour the the bottles changed as did the stopper used to seal it. Use of linseed oil and milk of magnesia.

Significance

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

Physical description

Clear brown glass bottle used for medicine - possibly linseed oil or milk of magnesia. It has straight sides three quarters of the way up tapering to the neck ending with a lip and a screw top. Rectangular base with embossing. 3 sides and base are slightly indented. The 4th side is flat with an embossed '2' at the bottom in the middle.

Inscriptions & markings

Side: '2'
Base: 'G 374' followed by the common seal 'A' with 'G' and 'M' inside the 'A'