This is a classic late 19th/early 20th-century American apothecary or wholesale druggist bottle from The Williams & Carleton Company of Hartford, Connecticut. One panel is embossed vertically with "Williams & Carleton Company Hartford Conn." The bottle is rectangular with flat sides, typical of pharmacy bottles designed for shelf display and easy labeling or cork closure. It likely originally held liquid medicines, extracts, flavorings (such as pharmaceutical preparations), castor oil, or similar products sold by the company.

Color: Light aqua glass.

Finish: Tooled or applied lip/neck suitable for cork closure (standard for the era).

Manufacturing: Machine-made or semi-automatic with characteristic mold seams (post-1880s era). No visible pontil scar mentioned, consistent with machine production.

Origin: Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Produced by The Williams & Carleton Co., a known wholesale druggist active from the late 1800s into the early 1900s (company names appear in records from ~1880s-1910s).

Age: Circa 1890-1910 (most examples dated to the 1890s-early 1900s based on similar embossed bottles and company history).

Condition: Very Good - minor wear normal for age.

Material: Light aqua glass.

Item dimensions: 6" tall × 2" wide × 1.5" deep  

Weight of item: 4.7 oz  

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1890s-1900s Williams & Carleton Company Hartford Conn Embossed Druggist Bottle

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