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Glass, mold made, bottle, medicinal; light aqua, rectangular, fragments, paneled with embossed lettering on each side, "SARSA..." ; "COMPOUND..." / "...T." / "...ELL / S.U.S.A.", Hood's Sarsaparilla Compound, Lowell, MA
Glass, mold made, bottle, medicinal; light aqua, rectangular, fragments, paneled with embossed lettering on each side, "SARSA..." ; "COMPOUND..." / "...T." / "...ELL / S.U.S.A.", Hood's Sarsaparilla Compound, Lowell, MA
Object Number 2016.29.61
Display Title Glass, mold made, bottle, medicinal; light aqua, rectangular, fragments, paneled with embossed lettering on each side, "SARSA..." ; "COMPOUND..." / "...T." / "...ELL / S.U.S.A.", Hood's Sarsaparilla Compound, Lowell, MA
Descriptions
Inventory Description Light aqua glass rectangular bottle fragments, paneled with embossed lettering on each side, "SARSA..." ; "COMPOUND..." / "...T." / "...ELL / S.U.S.A.", mold seams, key mold base with "11" embossed at center, double-ring finish
Classification
  • Bottle
Department Archaeological
Date 1875-1922
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge / Harvard Yard
Intrasite H933 Level 1, 47-56cmbd
Materials Glass
Dimensions Overall (Measurements of largest): 12.6 × 6.9 × 4.3 cm (4 15/16 × 2 11/16 × 1 11/16 in.)
Quantity 7
Credit Line Harvard Yard Excavations, 2016

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