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Bottle (Wine bottle)
1739
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Glass (nonlead)
Museum Object Number
1959.1721
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1959.1721
Object Name
Bottle (Wine bottle)
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1739
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Side
Inscription: Circular seal bears a crude star with "-R-S-/1739"
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Glass (nonlead)
Techniques
- Blown
- Stamped
Dimensions (inches)
10.56 (H) x 4.31 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
26.83 (H) x 10.95 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Palmer, Arlene. 1993 Glass in Early America: Selections from the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 425 pp.
• Published: p. 350, no. 335, noting period references and examples from 1736 to 1770sCatalogue: Parke-Bernet Galleries (Auction caalogue).
• Published: "Early American Bottles and Flasks and Other Rare American Glass...Collected by the Late Alfred B. Maclay," sale no. 644 (March 7-8, 1945), lot 463Book: Lanmon, Dwight P. The Golden Age of English Glass 1650-1775.
• Bluish-opalescent version of same bottle form: pp. 310-11, no. 121, c. 1720-70, with "sides formed in straight-sided dip mould"Book: van den Bossche, Willy. 2001 Antique Glass Bottles: their history and evolution (1500-1850). 439.
• Matching bottle: pl. 32, p. 87