Medicinal Bottle, 25LC86, #101

Medicinal Bottle, 25LC86, #101

Medicinal Bottle

Label: Dr. S. Pitcher's (side), Castoria (side), R (base). Patent No. 77,758 - Samuel Pritcher, Barnstable, Mass - Medicine-Mixture to be used as a cathartic. The castoria was advertised as an aid to constipation, especially in children. S. Pitcher & Co. advertisements for 1868 and 1869 testified that the product was "...a Pleasant and Complete Substitute for Castor Oil..." Charles H. Fletcher, for Demas S. Barnes, acquired the formula ca. 1871 and then billed it as castoria, still retaining the Pitcher embossing. J.B. Rose & Co. was established in 1872 with C.H. Fletcher as a principal to produce the Castoria and Centaur Liment. The Centaur Company was established in 1877. In 1888, following the death of Barnes, Fletcher assumed control. Fletcher died in 1922 and in 1923 the business was assumed by Sterling Products. Color: Aqua. Neck type: Double Ring. Base profile: Blake (variant 1). # of indented panels: 4, one on each of the four sides. Direction of embossing: vertical.

Length: 5.02 cm
Width: 2.68 cm
Height: 14.74 cm

Centaur Co.

1997 UNL Anthropology Field School

Lockhart, B., Schreiver, B., Serr, C., Lindsey, B. (2014), Pitcher’s and Fletcher’s Castoria
An Uncommon Study of Common Bottles.
https://sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/CastoriaHistory.pdf

2018 UNL Anthropology

1900-1910

Elliott, Catherine
Evers, Riley

UNL Anthropology

#102

Glass

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