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On Display: House - Oyster Bay Room
Bottle (Wine bottle)
1690-1730
Description
The dark olive-green nonlead glass bottle is of "onion" form, featuring a squat globular profile with a tapering neck and an uneven lip above the applied string rim. The underside features a deep conical kick with a disc pontil scar with an impressed square(?) at center. A slip of paper surviving inside the bottle has the typed inscription: "Lyster Farm, Middletown, N.Y. 1727."
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Glass (nonlead)
Museum Object Number
1959.1736
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1959.1736
Object Name
Bottle (Wine bottle)
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1690-1730
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Loose, on interior
Inscription: Folded slip of paper on interior is inscribed "Lyster Farm, Middletown, N.Y. 1727"
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Glass (nonlead)
Techniques
- Blown
Dimensions (inches)
5.118 (H) x 5.512 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
13 (H) x 14 (Diam)