A broken, rectangular pharmaceutical bottle with embossed lettering and chamfered corners. The glass shards are various sizes, some of which have been reattached and some which are loose. The bottle is a light aqua coloured glass and many surfaces appear iridescent. Several pieces of the body have been reattached, revealing embossed lettering that reads "R. R. R. // RADWAY & CO // NEW YORK", although two of the "R" letters in the first line are only partially visible. On the other side, partial lettering is visible, which reads "...ACOR[D] TO". One of the small shards has partial lettering that reads "...CO..." Two pieces of the bottle shoulder have been reatached and reveal partial lettering that reads "ACT O...". Many pieces have slight curves and the partial base fragment appears to be slightly concave. One shard appears to be clear coloured glass with yellow tint or stain.
Though this particular bottle is now in fragments, the original embossing would likely have appeared as "R.R.R. // RADWAY & CO. // NEW YORK // ENTD ACCORD TO // ACT OF CONGRESS." John and Richard G. Radway created their business, Radway & Company, in the 1840s in New York City. "R.R.R." became the company's recognizable initials for "Radway's Ready Relief", which was essentially marketed as a cure-all medicine for internal and external pain, as well as a necessary preventative measure for numerous ailments. In an article by the American Medical Association, from October 1916, attempting to expose fraudulent medical information, "Radway's Ready Relief" was reported to include cayenne pepper, camphor, and ammonia mixed into a solution of watery alcohol and the company was fined in relation to their misbranding.
