Glass Apothecary Bottles with Handwritten Labels from Houle's Pharmacy, Lowell, MA London on its face

on its face

which I must say is my favorite of all I have seen

the manner of the carving in relation to the color and grain of the wood creates the appearance of faux shadows (on top of real ones)

The middle area of the vase appears frosted white

Glass Apothecary Bottles with Handwritten Labels from Houle's Pharmacy, Lowell, MA London on its faceI purchased these lovely apothecary bottles from a seller who had bought them some 40 years ago, when Houle's Pharmacy at 462 Moody Street in Lowell, Massachusetts closed its business. I have found records of Houle's in operation at least as early as 1919 at that location, and he bottles themselves, marked MBW USA on their bottoms, were made by Millville Bottle Works in Millville New Jersey, with the mark dating them to sometime between 1903 1930. So,