Bottle

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Object Name: 
Bottle
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
60.2.16
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 29.3 cm; Diam (max): 12.4 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1760
Primary Description: 
Transparent olive green bubbly glass; wear marks at base; formed in a mold, with applications. Flattened octagonal body with concave rounded shoulder, a long tapering neck with collared slightly flaring irregular rim; on the shoulder a seal: "W. Vassall 1760".

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
McKearin Antiques, Source
1960-03-15
Color: 
Transparent olive green
Technique: 
molding
Inscription: 
W. Vassall 1760
Inscription; Date
: 
on the shoulder on the seal

Publications (1)

Antique Sealed bottles 1640-1900 and the families who owned them (2015) illustrated, p. 56, #2 top; p. 383, #3 top; p. 715 right;