Cologne Bottle or Cruet and Stopper

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Cologne Bottle or Cruet and Stopper

Place of OriginEastern United States

Date1820-1840

DimensionsH (with stopper): 6 7/32 in. (15.8 cm); H (without stopper): 5 15/32 in. (13.9 cm); Rim Diam: 1 3/16 in. (3.0 cm); Base Diam: 2 13/32 in. (6.1 cm)

MediumSapphire-blue lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1971.28

Not on View

DescriptionBlown in a mold (uncharted by McKearin, but like G.I-29) of three vertical sections and a base plate (McKearin Ringed Type II). The sides have twenty-one broad vertical ribs between three horizontal ribs below and two ribs above, twelve fan flutes on the shoulder, and a horizontal rib above. Neck and flange lip sheared and tooled to shape. Rough pontil mark. Capacity: one-half pint. Hollow stopper: blown and finished 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. 22; pl. 121, no. 3; p. 347

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. 279.