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On Display: House - du Pont Dining Room
Bottle (Case bottle)
1775-1800
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
Possibly Netherlands or Belgium; Europe
Materials
- Glass (nonlead)
Museum Object Number
1961.0621.012
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1961.0621.012
Object Name
Bottle (Case bottle)
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
Possibly Netherlands or Belgium; Europe
Date
1775-1800
Materials
- Glass (nonlead)
Techniques
- Blown
Dimensions (inches)
9.016 (H) x 3.425 (W) x 3.445 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
22.9 (H) x 8.7 (W) x 8.75 (L)
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. 357Book: van den Bossche, Willy. 2001 Antique Glass Bottles: their history and evolution (1500-1850). 439.
• Dutch/Beligian case/ case-gin bottles: pl. 83, p. 131Book: 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