Swirl Bottle

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Object Name: 
Swirl Bottle
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, OH, Zanesville
Accession Number: 
50.4.86
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 21.25 cm, Diam (max): 14 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1815-1830
Primary Description: 
Swirled Bottle. Non-lead glass; deep amber; pattern-molded and free-blown; globular body with comparatively short cylindrical neck tapering slightly to collared lip, rough pontil mark; expanded ribbing (or fluting) swirled to left.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
McKearin, George S. (b. 1874), Source
1926
to
1950-07-31
Color: 
amber
Technique: 
mold-blowing
Material: 
glass

Exhibitions (1)

Glass, the Mildred C. Howe Collection
Venue(s)
Valentine Museum 1971-10-23 through 1971-11-21

Publications (2)

Glass Tableware, Bowls and Vases (1982) illustrated, pl. 113; BIB# 22048
Glass, the Mildred C. Howes collection (1971) illustrated, p. 4 (#7); BIB# 30149