Bottle with Seal

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Object Name: 
Bottle with Seal
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
71.2.21
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 20.3 cm; Body W: 14 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1720-1740
Primary Description: 
Olive-green bubbly non-lead glass; blown and impressed. Bulbous body; short, tapered neck with trailed angular collar at the rim; rounded shoulders and sides; applied oval pad with impressed castle tower crest, flanked by the initials "P" and "C"; conical kick on the base, with large circular rough pontil scar.

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Department: 
European
Provenance: 
Godden of Worthing, Ltd., Source
1971-06-25
Color: 
olive green
Technique: 
Blown, Impressed, Trailed, Applied
impressing
Inscription: 
P / C
Inscription

Publications (1)

Antique Sealed bottles 1640-1900 and the families who owned them (2015) illustrated, p. 42, #3 top; p. 1453 left;