Pocket bottle
Manufacturer: American Flint Glass Works (American, 1764 -1774)
Date: 1769-1774
Dimensions:
H 12.65 cm (4 15/16 in.); D rim 2.2 cm (7/8 in.); max D body 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)
Medium: Dark amethyst non-lead glass.
Place of Origin: Manheim, PA
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1957.32
DescriptionBlown in a part-size piece mold of two or three vertical sections, patterned with 30 graduated flutes around the base and three rows of diamonds above with six diamonds in each row, each containing a 12-petaled flower. Expanded and tooled to shape. The third row of diamonds was constricted in forming the neck. Rough pontil mark. Capacity: about one-half pint.
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