Summary

This small glass bottle was excavated at the Commonwealth Block site between 1988 and 2003. It was manufactured in Paris for perfume using a two piece mould.

Health and hygiene.
'Cleanliness is next to Godliness'. This is a difficult maxim to follow when 'there is not one bath in sixty', when sewerage gathers in cesspits and open drainage channels line the streets.But the residents of Little Lon did practice personal hygiene. Archaeologists have uncovered toothbrushes and toothpaste pots, scent bottles, soap dishes, combs and hairbrushes.
Clean teeth and neat hair did not guarantee good health however. Doctors were expensive, so ordinary people had to rely on medicines like Holloway's Ointment and Hall's Vegetable Pain Conqueror as well as Chinese herbal remedies. Children were dosed weekly with the laxative castor oil, to keep their bowels regular.

Physical Description

This is a small clear glass bottle. It has a flanged lip with one chip in it and a cylindrical neck with one neck ring. The shoulders slope down to a straight circular body. It has a flat resting point with a circular shaped shallow concave basal profile. There is embossed lettering horizontally on the body.

Physical Description

Two piece mould. Cylindrical neck with one neck ring. Sloped down shoulders, straight body, and flat resting point with circular shaped shallow concave basal profile. Glass tipped pontil.

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