Bottle

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Object Name: 
Bottle
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
60.2.13
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 14 cm; Diam: 15.2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1700-1720
Primary Description: 
Transparent yellowish olive green bubbly bottle glass; wear marks at base and on walls; blown (and probably formed in a mold). Squat oval body with deep concave base and a lumpy elevation at center, tapering short neck with collared rim; roughly rubbed or scratched onto the shoulder of the vessel in a very rough fashion "N.N.".

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Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
McKearin Antiques, Source
1960-03-15
Color: 
Transparent Yellowish Olive Green
Technique: 
blown
Inscription: 
N. N.
Inscription
: 
roughly rubbed or scratched on the shoulder of the vessel

Exhibitions (2)

Wine: Celebration and Ceremony
Venue(s)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 1985-06-04 through 1985-10-13
Title Unknown (Finger Lakes Wine Museum)
Venue(s)
Finger Lakes Wine Museum 1972-04 through 1972-12