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GUSN-197857
Small black glass bottle that is stained with dye that it once held. There is a cork in the top og the bottle that is also stained. The label is tan paper with blue writing. The label has dye all over it, especially in the front.
bottles
glass (material)
cork (bark)
Bottle
"CUMMER'S / BLACK / E. O. / DYE / FOR ALL KINDS OF / NAPPY LEATHER / THE JAMES W. CUMMERS [LABEL IS COVERED WITH DYE] [DIRECTIONS ON BACK]" (Label on white paper with blue writing)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
Unknown
4 1/2 (H) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.2511.1
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