Whitall, Tatum & Company
Title
Description
1857-1901
Whitall Tatum and Company produced glassware for well over a century, mostly prescription bottles, and was best known for its “flint” (colorless) glass. The company went through a few name changes since its 1806 start as a window glass manufacturer. The most important of which (for our purposes) was their stint as Whitall, Tatum & Co., during which the prescription-style bottle seen below, found at the Charnley-Persky House in 2010, was made; the company used this name from 1857 to 1901. The Whitall and Tatum families were devout Quakers and refused to produce liquor bottles, focusing primarily on druggists’ wares, as seen in the advertisement below.
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Whitall Tatum and Company produced glassware for well over a century, mostly prescription bottles, and was best known for its “flint” (colorless) glass. The company went through a few name changes since its 1806 start as a window glass manufacturer. The most important of which (for our purposes) was their stint as Whitall, Tatum & Co., during which the prescription-style bottle seen below, found at the Charnley-Persky House in 2010, was made; the company used this name from 1857 to 1901. The Whitall and Tatum families were devout Quakers and refused to produce liquor bottles, focusing primarily on druggists’ wares, as seen in the advertisement below.
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Rights
Public Domain
Source
American Druggist and Pharmaceutical Record. Volume 70. American Druggist Publishing Company. 1922.