Description: Rectangular tray with black background of white flowers and green leaves, light blue forget-me-nots. Large flowers outlined in red or yellow with yellow centers. Paint chipped.
Description: Handmade "Torpedo" ballast bottle found in water near Somesville landing in August 2009. Would have been used to carry fresh water on a ship; added ballast during voyage.
Description: This old glass bottle is 3 and three quarters high. There is no top. The circumference is about 5 inches. The neck is curved but the rest of the bottle is rectangular in shape. The base is 1 and a half inches by three quarters of an inch. It is transparent but the glass has a light green tint. Going up on one side is "3 -in- one oil co." and "Three In One" on the other side.
Description: S. O. Richardson's Somesville Brass Band box , for carrying sheets of music and music clip. May have belonged to Samuel Osgood Richardson (1842-1910). Some of the sheets of music are handwritten, others printed. Brown and gold decorated box lined with blue fabric. Per Raymond Strout, came from Kittredge family house in Somesville (7/28/11, AB)
Description: This rectangular-shaped glass bottle3 inches high and 4 and 1/2 inches around. It has a metal top which has several black scratch marks in its silver color. The base has numbers which appear to be 2138 with a 7 and 3 underneath separated by an imprinted image.
Description: This small old glass bottle is amber-colored. There is no top present. It has 4 faces, each measuring 10/16s of an inch by 1 and 3/4 inches. On one side is written what looks like BOERCKE & TAFEL NEW YORK.
Description: Silk drawstring bag for knitting or other purpose. May have been used as bag for use with a formal dress. Eggshell color. Fabric has embellished floral pattern with handstitched crewel embroidery trim. Two small metal fabric covered wheels complete the drawn bag.
Description: Woven brown, tan, reds, black. Bottom leather. Top trimmed with leather and leather straps. Leather handle. Lined with tan and blue striped fabric. Donor info - belonged to Capt. Nathaniel Bracket. Carried on his vessel. Later owned by his son Frederick Bracket the mail carrier of Otisfield, Maine. Used to carry mail. Marked, “FBP Otisfield, Maine”.
Description: Hand blown bottle with recessed bottom. Rim around top of neck, slightly imperfect. Thick glass. Bubbles in glass. Some scratches on surface. Donor info - found in attic of old house (c 1758) in Lamoine.
Description: This brown bottle measures almost 4 inches with its cork stopper in place. There is a label which has "E.M. Tower, Ogunquit, Maine, Telephone Connections" written on it. There are lines below the heading which are earmarked for a No., Date, and Directions. Each face measure 1 inch by 2 and 1/4 inches. The neck is 3/4 of an inch.
Description: This light green bottle (soft mint color) is 8 inches high with a circumference of almost 8 inches. The height of the neck is about 2 inches. At the center of the base is a stamped mark which looks like a zero in a square. The bottle has 12 faces, each one measuring about 11/16s. There are several scratch marks. There is no top present.
Description: This is a small bottle which is 2 and 3/4 inch high and 2 and 1/4 inches around. The cork stopper is in place. There is a label which has StaphisAGria on it. There is a thin cord wrapped around the top of this round bottle.
Description: This small glass bottle has a light green hue with a frosted look. It is translucent. The top is missing. It is 4 inches high and 3 inches round. It doesn't stand up straight by itself.
Description: This bottle has part of a label. You can read the words "Olive", "C.M.Brown & Co.", "Hammond St.", "Pharmicists", and "Bangor, Maine". The bottle is 9 and 3/4 high. It measures about 12 inches around the middle of the bottle. There is a cork top present. The neck is 1 and 3/4 inches tall. There are four 2and 1/2 by 7 and 1/2 inch "arch ways" embossed on the faces of the bottle. There is a residue of dirt on the inside of the bottom and on one side. The glass is somewhat cloudy. [show more]
Description: This small clear glass bottle measures 2 and 1/4 inches high and 2 inches around. There is no stopper. There is a label but the lettering is hard to decipher. I can make out: ORIENTA ANACARDIUM. The glass appears cloudy and dirty.
Description: This brown bottle has part of a label on it. The remaining letters in the title of the label are: YDE MERCK . Under this appears RMALDEHYDE). In the upper right hand corner of the label is written: S-.3643. The directions on the label instruct the user on how to handle formaldehyde. The shape of the bottle is round.