Bottle, 25LC254, (F11) #035

Bottle, 25LC254, (F11) #035

LYRIC Medicinal Bottle

Oval type druggist bottle, clear glass, with a grooved neck and a crown oval base. Embossed capacity graduation markings at the base of the neck and on the sides (1,2,3,4,5), swirl design on both sides of the neck, "1" in a circle on both sides, "3" on bottom corner, "I" inside a diamond on the base, "5" on base, and "LYRIC" on base; Owen's automatic machine mark on base. This bottle is intact and most likely contained a liquid pharmaceutical product.

Measurements:
2.21 Neck; 3.9 base
Neck: Diameter: 8.9mm Thickness: 4.4mm
Base: Width: 34.2mm Depth: 22.7
Entire Artifact: Height: 92.5mm
Weight: .040kg

Illinois Glass Company; the Lyric style was made beginning about 1915 through the 1920s and possibly into the early 1930s. https://sha.org/bottle/medicinal.htm

2019 Capital Wellfield Project

2019 UNL Anthropology

1915-1930

Wells, Madison

UNL Anthropology; Lincoln Capital

Physical Object

Antique glass “LYRIC” Medicine Bottles, Illinois Glass Company, Alton, Illinois
http://www.glassbottlemarks.com/antique-lyric-brand-glass-prescription-bottles/