Toilet Bottle with Stopper

Object Name: 
Toilet Bottle with Stopper

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Object Name: 
Toilet Bottle with Stopper
Place Made: 
Eastern United States
Accession Number: 
50.4.180
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 16.75 cm, Bottle H: 15 cm, Diam (max): 6.8 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1825-1835
Primary Description: 
Toilet Bottle with Stopper. Lead glass, dark purple-blue; blown-molded; vertically ribbed ovoid body tapering to molded collar-rib at base of tapering neck with medial molded collar-rib, fine ribs between collar-ribs and above medial, thick flange; base ribbed to rough pontil mark at center; geometric pattern GI-7 Type 4. Blown-molded Tam-o-shanter stopper with long slender shank set in cork.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
McKearin, George S. (b. 1874), Source
1950-07-31
Color: 
dark purple
blue
Technique: 
blown three-mold glass
Material: 
glass