Madeira Bottle

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Object Name: 
Madeira Bottle
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, PA, Philadelphia
Accession Number: 
85.4.92
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 27.9 cm; Base Diam: 8.7 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1839-1850
Primary Description: 
Olive green non-lead glass; mold-blown. Cylindrical shape with applied flat collar, straight neck; rounded shoulders with molded "PATENT" on one side, straight sides showing two faint mold lines; circular base with depression and graphite pontil mark and molded inscription "DYOTTVILLE GLASS WORKS PHILAD.A" around outer rim of base. Paper label "F. C. ---HIR/MADEIRA/ SOLD BY/THOS. H. JACOBS & CO/No 81 Dock Street/PHILADELPHIA" (first word is illegible).

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
W. M. Schwind Jr. Antiques, Source
1985
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
olive green
Technique: 
mold-blown