Collection Highlights
George Washington (1732-1799)
ca. 1785-1828
1832.4
Painted plaster
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cosmetic Bottle
Object name
Cosmetic Bottle
Date
1890-1920
Medium
Glass, paper
Dimensions
5 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.
Description
This square aqua glass bottle for "Wax Floss" has a hand-finished cork lip and is wrapped with a label that has an instruction booklet attached. The label reads, in part, "A new and ... preparation for Improving, beautifying and Dressing Hair/ Wax Floss" with a drawing of a little girls head and the words "The very pattern girl of girls./ All covered and embowered in curls, floss tinted with the Wax of Flowers/ Caswell & Co./ Boston".
Credit Line
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number
2002.1.461
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
