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Rawleigh's Medicine Bottle


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      Creator(s):
W. T. Rawleigh Company Ltd

Date: 1889 -

Description: Clear glass Rawleigh's bottle with black cap.One piece white with green trim label on front and sides. Inscription on the front reads "RRR. RAWLEIGHS READY RELIEF. FOR THE RELIEF OF HEAD COLDS AND NASAL CONGESTION. 1 FL. OZ. -MANUFACTURED BY THE W.T. RAWLEIGH COMPANY, LTD-. Melbourne, E 2012". Directions for use are on the sides. No contents remain in the bottle. Rawleighs products were established in 1889 and were sold door to door. Company names varied slightly from product to product. Flinders Island still had a Rawleighs agent in the 1980's.

Format: realia
Object: medicines
Material: glass

Titles:
Rawleigh's Medicine Bottle

Subjects: bottlesmedicines

Institution: Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc.

Object number: FHR_00570

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