Signedon label: MERCURY / QUICKSILVER / HFB / 8-oz / HOWE & FRENCH INC / BOSTON
underneath diamond emblem: trade mark / over a century of service
Inscribedon glass on bottom: 8oz 4 A(in circle) 47 USA
FunctionMercury for meterological applications.
Published ReferencesThe 1861 Boston Directory has an advertisement by Howe & French, "Successors to Chas. W. Badger," at 69 & 71 Blackstone Street, Boston. The ad lists some of their products as, "paints, oils, dye-stuffs, drugs, medicines, window glass..."