Bottle with Seal

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Object Name: 
Bottle with Seal
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
71.2.41
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 29.2 cm; Body W: 8.9 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1780-1800
Primary Description: 
Olive-green non-lead glass; blown-molded, impressed seal. Cylindrical body; short, somewhat bulbous neck with trailed flat collar below the flared rim; rounded shoulder; applied circular seal on the side, inscribed "Ch Ch / CR"; deep, domed kick on the base, with circular pontil scar.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Godden of Worthing, Ltd., Source
1971-06-25
Color: 
olive green
Technique: 
Mold Blown, Impressed, Trailed, Applied
impressing
Inscription: 
Ch Ch / CR
Inscription
: 
on the seal inscribed

Exhibitions (1)

Wine: Celebration and Ceremony
Venue(s)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 1985-06-04 through 1985-10-13

Publications (1)

Wine: Celebration and Ceremony (1985) illustrated, pp. 100, 101; BIB# 22968