Bottle

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Object Name: 
Bottle
Place Made: 
Accession Number: 
60.2.10
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 20.4 cm, W: 11.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1700-1799
Primary Description: 
Transparent bubbly olive green bottle glass; wear marks at base and sides; probably blown and formed in a mold. Flattened eight-sided body, the diagonal sides being very narrow, concave base with rough pontil mark, sloping shoulder, tapering neck with heavy collar below rim.
Department: 
Provenance: 
McKearin Antiques, Source
1960-03-15
Glass of the British Military ca. 1755-1820 (1985) illustrated, p. 68, fig. 76; BIB# 23285
Glass Bottles, Lamps & Other Objects (1983) pl. 51, left; BIB# 22375