Bottle with stopper

Object Name: 
Bottle with stopper

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Object Name: 
Bottle with stopper
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
84.4.314
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 17.6 cm, Diam: 7.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1815-1830
Credit Line: 
Gift in memory of Charles H. and Alice Wendt Voorhees
Primary Description: 
Pale amethyst lead glass; mold-blown. Barrel shape with continuous vertical ribbing interrupted by two molded neck rings at shoulder and about one inch above; rayed base. Rays formed by continuation of ribbing; rough pontil mark in center. Hollow matching blown stopper in tam-o-shanter shape.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Pattern Name: 
GI-7, type 4
Provenance: 
Voorhees Collection, Charles H. and Alice Wendt, Former Collection
Webster, Elizabeth Voorhees, Source
Color: 
pale amethyst
Technique: 
mold-blown