Cologne Bottle or Cruet and Stopper

ManufacturerProbably Boston and Sandwich Glass Works (American, 1826-1888)

Date1825-1840

DimensionsH (with stopper): 5 7/8 in. (15.0 cm); H (without stopper): 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm); Rim Diam: 1 3/16 in. (3.0 cm); Base Diam: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm)

MediumSapphire-blue lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1971.27

Not on View

DescriptionBlown, by the blow-over and crack-off process, in a mold (uncharted by McKearin but like G.I-29) of three vertical sections and a base plate (McKearin Ringed Type III). Lip finished by grinding. No pontil mark. Capacity: one-half pint. Solid stopper: shaped by tooling.

Published ReferencesReferences to glass classifications established in McKearin, George S., and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948

McKearin, Helen and Kenneth M. Wilson, American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry, New York, Crown, 1978; etc., G.I-29, p. 261, pl. 100, no. 23; pl. 121, no. 3; pp. 279-280

Wilson, Kenneth M., "New Discoveries in American Glass, 1760-1930," Antiques, vol. 144, December 1993, pp. 808-817, repr. p. 809, pl. II; p.810

Wilson, Kenneth M., American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, [Lanham, Md.]: National Book Network [distributor], c1994; 2 v. (879 p.): ill. (some col.); 32 cm., 1994, p. 233, no. 280, colorpl. 280, p. 159.