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1950-297,2a&b, Bottle
Cruet Bottle
1950-297,2a&b, Bottle

Cruet Bottle

Date1815-1835
MediumGlass
DimensionsOH: 6 3/16" (with stopper); H: 5 3/8" (without stopper); OD: 2 13/16"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1950-297,2A&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 E. 57th Street, New York City, New York