DUPRS_0030

Dublin Core

Title

DUPRS_0030

Subject

Ingrams Milk Weed Cream Bottle

Description

Complete milk glass bottle with embossed writing below lip reading Ingrams Milk Weed Cream. The bottle is complete and measures 5.7 cm in height and 4.5 cm wide at the base. Its opening at the top measures 3.1 cm in diameter. It has a threaded top, but no top was found. On the bottom surface it is embossed with “Bottle Pat D” followed by “No 481951”. These characters are marked in a circle around the bottom surface.

Creator

Fredrick F. Ingram & Co.

Source

Selective Surface collection, east Stanley Park, Historic Chatham Township (modern Summit, New Jersey)

Publisher

Drew University, Department of Anthropology, Drew University Passaic River Survey

Contributor

Amy Zavecz

Type

Glass

Coverage

The artifact is a bottle for a cosmetic product called “Ingram’s Milkweed Cream” which based on the patent number, the jar was patented around the 1880s. The style of bottle ranges to as recently as the 1920s. The same bottle type is pictured in ads including one found from 1915. This product was produced by Fredrick F. Ingram & Co. and a fairly common cosmetic product geared towards women.