Bitters bottle

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Object Name: 
Bitters bottle
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
83.4.174
Dimensions: 
H: 26.8 cm, W: 7.6 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1870-1890
Credit Line: 
Gift of Ms. Carlyn Ring
Primary Description: 
Olive amber non-lead glass; mold-blown. Square shape with applied flat collar and ring; shoulder has bands of zigzag and X patterns, one side has gable above sunken panel "PROFESSOR/GEO J BYRNE/NEW YORK" running vertically down; second side has "USA" in round arch at top of plain panel; third side has gable above sunken panel with "THE/GREAT/UNIVERSAL/COMPOUND/STOMACH/BITTERS/ PATENTED/1870" horizontally; fourth side has round arch above plain panel; square base has five-pointed star within depressed circle and paper label with "124".

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Ring, Carlyn, Source
1983-03-28
Color: 
Olive amber
Technique: 
mold-blown

Publications (2)

The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1983 (1984) p. 6; BIB# AI97139
For Bitters Only (1980) B280, p. 112; BIB# 21561