Cologne Bottle or Cruet and Stopper
Manufacturer: probably Boston and Sandwich Glass Works (American, 1826-1888)
Date: 1825-1840
Dimensions:
with stopper: 7 in. (17.8 cm)
without stopper: 6 1/16 × 1 1/2 × 2 3/16 in. (15.4 × 3.8 × 5.5 cm)
Medium: lead glass
Place of Origin: probably Sandwich, Massachusetts, United States
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1917.176A-B
DescriptionPurplish blue. Bottle: blown in a mold (McKearin G.I-3, Type II) of three vertical sections and a plain base plate. Neck and flange lip sheared and tooled to shape. Rough pontil mark.
Capacity: one-half pint. Solid stopper: patterned in a 16-rib mold and tooled to tam-o'-shanter shape, the lower part tapered and extending 2.5 cm (1 in.). Cracked off at lower end.
Capacity: one-half pint. Solid stopper: patterned in a 16-rib mold and tooled to tam-o'-shanter shape, the lower part tapered and extending 2.5 cm (1 in.). Cracked off at lower end.
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