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1950-297,1a&b, Bottle
Cruet Bottle
1950-297,1a&b, Bottle

Cruet Bottle

Date1815-1835
OriginAmerica, Ohio or Pennsylvania, Western region (probably)
MediumGlass
DimensionsOH: 6 1/4" (with stopper); H: 5 5/16" (without stopper); OD: 2 13/16".
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1950-297,1A&B
DescriptionBottle: cruet bottle with stopper, blown bottle of mallet form (about 1/2 pint) with solid stopper all of amethyst glass. Bottle has flanged lip on tapering neck to sloping shoulder and rounded body on inverted bottom. Pattern-molded with 16 ribs swirled to left. Rough pontil marks. Solid stopper (not ground) is pinched in center forming ball finial which has tooled ribbing matching the body.
ProvenanceSource: D.M. & P. Manheim, 46 East 57th Street, New York City, New York.