Bottle

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Object Name: 
Bottle
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
60.2.9
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 16.2 cm; Shoulder Diam: 13 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1670-1699
Primary Description: 
Transparent-translucent olive green bubbly glass; wear marks at base; surface heavily frosted, partly covered with iridescence and dark scum; blown. Squat ovoid body with concave base having rough pontil mark, tapering neck with collar below rim.

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Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
McKearin Antiques, Source
1960-03-15
Color: 
Transparent Translucent Olive Green
Technique: 
blown

Publications (1)

Antique Sealed bottles 1640-1900 and the families who owned them (2015) illustrated, p. 524 right;