Bottle

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Object Name: 
Bottle
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
60.2.12
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 27.2 cm; Shoulder Diam (max): 15.3 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1750-1799
Primary Description: 
Transparent light green extremely bubbly bottle glass; wear marks at base; blown with applications. Slightly flattened ovoid body with high kick and round pontil mark at base, sloping shoulder, tapering neck with outfolded collar-like rim; seal on shoulder: "I.B." (Ruggles-Brise, Sealed Bottles, 1949, p. 88).

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Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
McKearin Antiques, Source
1960-03-15
Color: 
Transparent light green
Technique: 
blown
Inscription: 
I. B.
Inscription
: 
on shoulder on seal

Publications (1)

Antique Sealed bottles 1640-1900 and the families who owned them (2015) illustrated, p. 1065;