Help with Wampole Bottle ID

[?Venture]

Hello,
Several years ago I uncovered a thick-walled bottle (8" H x 4"W) that has
the following raised letters in an oval:
WAMPOLE'S
SYRUP HYPO COMP.
PHILADELPHIA

What I think I know (from internet searches) is that this is a medicine
bottle issued by the druggist Henry K. Wampole of Philadelphia, PA. I also
believe it is a pre-1900 bottle (probably 1860-1899 era) as the mold seam
tapers to the bottle's lip, but does not go though the lip. Actually it
disappears abt ?" before the bottom of the lip. There is a smooth, round,
depression on the bottom of the bottle with the number 2 in the middle. The
glass is light greenish in color, and contains small air bubbles. There is
a remnant of a cork inside.

Are my assumptions correct? Can anyone elaborate, amend, or add to them?
Does anyone know what the bottle originally contained?

Thank you for your help... Mike

 

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"Venture" <mzapx1@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:qOKdna2JjpRY2OPfRVn-1Q@giganews.com...
> Hello,
> Several years ago I uncovered a thick-walled bottle (8" H x 4"W) that has
> the following raised letters in an oval:
> WAMPOLE'S
> SYRUP HYPO COMP.
> PHILADELPHIA
>
> What I think I know (from internet searches) is that this is a medicine
> bottle issued by the druggist Henry K. Wampole of Philadelphia, PA. I
> also
> believe it is a pre-1900 bottle (probably 1860-1899 era) as the mold seam
> tapers to the bottle's lip, but does not go though the lip. Actually it
> disappears abt ?" before the bottom of the lip. There is a smooth, round,
> depression on the bottom of the bottle with the number 2 in the middle.
> The
> glass is light greenish in color, and contains small air bubbles. There
> is
> a remnant of a cork inside.
>
> Are my assumptions correct? Can anyone elaborate, amend, or add to them?
> Does anyone know what the bottle originally contained?
>
> Thank you for your help... Mike
>
>
>