Bottle

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Object Name: 
Bottle
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
60.2.11
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 16.8 cm; Base Diam: 15.2 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1724
Primary Description: 
Transparent olive green bubbly glass; wear marks at base; blown with applications. Squat roughly straight-sided body with deep concave base without pontil mark (the object may have been formed in a mold); sloping shoulder, tapering neck with collar below rim; seal on shoulder: "N. Green 1724".

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
McKearin Antiques, Source
1960-03-15
Color: 
Transparent olive green
Technique: 
blown
Inscription: 
N. Green 1724
Inscription; Date
: 
on shoulder seal

Publications (4)

Antique Sealed bottles 1640-1900 and the families who owned them (2015) illustrated, p. 443, #1 bottom; p. 606 top;
All About Bottles, Garasu bin no bunkashi (1988) illustrated, p. 181;
Glass Bottles, Lamps & Other Objects (1983) pl. 51, second from left; BIB# 22375
Glassmaking: America's First Industry (1976) illustrated, p. 6, fig. 5, left; BIB# 28025