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Water VII
1997
2002.13.2
Graphite over ground on heavy paper with deckled edges
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bottle: Pine Tree Tar Cordial Phila
Title
Bottle: Pine Tree Tar Cordial Phila
Object name
Medicine bottle
Date
1875-1890
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 9 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 in. ( 24.4 x 6 x 6 cm )
Description
Emerald green glass medicine bottle blown in a three-part mold with down-tooled collar, cylindrical neck, short curved shoulder, square body with chamfered corners, embossed pine tree with inscription "TRADE MARK" on one side, "L.Q.C. WISHART'S" and "PINE TREE TAR CORDIAL PHILA" on two of the other sides, and base with circular depression.
Credit Line
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number
1937.1667
Marks
in relief: on obverse: "L.Q.C. WISHART'S"
in relief: on reverse: "PINE TREE / TAR CORDIAL / PHILA"
in relief: on adjacent side: "TRADE / MARK"
Gallery Label
In 1873 Lucius Q. C. Wishart apparently sold his interest in the cordial, or a new firm was formed for which H. R. Wishart (son?) patented the trademark; bottles with the inscription "TRADE MARK" thus appeared after 1873 (see McKearin and Wilson, "American Bottles & Flasks and Their Ancestry," p. 304).
Provenance
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
