Francesca B.
Here are my descriptions of three bottles. The largest is labeled No. 1, the second largest, No. 2, and the smallest, No. 3.
This is a light green glass bottle, dating probably from the mid-nineteenth century. I can tell this because of the way the base is made. It has a "pontil" scar on the bottom, which means it is not machine made, and it has a rounded bottom, which put it in that area. The bottle has some writing on it, which says, "Kenneth Campbell & Co., Medical Hall, Montreal". Because of this I think this was a medicine, probably imported from Montreal. I canŐt tell what kind of medicine was in the bottle.
This bottle is bluish-green, and slightly smaller than the first bottle. It is probably from around the same time as the first, but machine made, because the bottom has some embossing on it in the shape of a C, and because it has a "smooth bottom". This bottle has the least amount of writing of the three. It only says, "Clark Bros., Toronto".
This was probably also a medicine, imported from Toronto. Again, I don't know what the contents of it would have been.
I have more information about this bottle than the other ones. It is paler, and much smaller than the other bottles. It is probably from the late- nineteenth century to early- twentieth century. This bottle says, "Curtis & Perkins, Proprietors, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup". This medicine was supposed to calm teething babies, but was actually very dangerous. The medicine contained morphine and high levels of alcohol, which could cause addiction, a coma, or death. "Curtis & Perkins" were the makers of the medicine.