Object Number 1961.0621.003

Object Name

Bottle (Case bottle)

Category

Glass

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Possibly Netherlands or Belgium, Europe

Date

1775-1800

Materials

Glass (nonlead)

Techniques

Blown

Dimensions (inches)

9.606 (H) , 3.543 (L) , 3.504 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

24.4 (H) , 9 (L) , 8.9 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Palmer, Arlene. 1993 Glass in Early America: Selections from the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 425 pp.
• Published: no. 345, p. 357
[Book] van den Bossche, Willy. 2001 Antique Glass Bottles: their history and evolution (1500-1850). 439.
• Dutch/Beligian case/ case-gin bottles: pl. 83, p. 131
[Book] Kent, Barry C. 1984 Susquehanna's Indians.
• Case bottles from Susquehanna indian burials 1645-65 context: p. 224, fig. 58, dark green, tall square, slightly tapering bottles. Strickler site, Lancaster PA side of Susquehanna River.
[Book] Gerth, Ellen C. 2006 Bottles from the Deep: Patent Medicines, Bitters, & Other Bottles from the Wreck of the Steamship Republic.
• Case gin bottles found on the shipwreck of the steamship Republic on p.60