Dressing Bottle with Stopper in "French Dressing Bottle" Pattern

Object Name: 
Dressing Bottle with Stopper in "French Dressing Bottle" Pattern

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Object Name: 
Dressing Bottle with Stopper in "French Dressing Bottle" Pattern
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
75.4.82
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 19 cm; (a) Bottle H: 17.2 cm, Diam (max): 8.4 cm; (b) Stopper H: 5.7 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1915-1925
Credit Line: 
Gift of Otto W. Hilbert
Web Description: 
In 1880s and 90s, elaborate cut glass salad bowls were rare primarily because tossed salad, as we know it today, was viewed as a messy thing to serve and eat in refined households. The “French Dressing” bottle, made later however, was a less expensive item marketed to middle class families.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
French Dressing Bottle
Provenance: 
Hilbert, Otto, Source
Category: 
Crystal City
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
engraving
mold-blowing
Material: 
lead glass

Description

Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; mold-blown and engraved. Hourglass shape with first vertical ribbing going up sides; wide flared lip; engraved decoration of "Oil" near top, "Vinegar" near base and a flower with ribbons in between. Flat mushroom-shaped stopper.

Publications (3)

The American Cut Glass Industry: T. G. Hawkes and His Competitors (1996) illustrated, p. 163, #6-31; BIB# 36646
Glass Bottles, Lamps & Other Objects (1983) pl. 147; BIB# 22375
Hawkes bottle for mixing French dressing (1915)BIB# 94034