Cologne Bottle or Cruet and Stopper

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Cologne Bottle or Cruet and Stopper

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

Date1825-1840

DimensionsH (with stopper): 6 1/16 in. (15.4 cm); H (without stopper): 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm); Base Diam: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Rim Diam: 1 7/32 in. (3.1 cm)

MediumLight, slightly purplish, blue lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1971.30

Not on View

DescriptionBottle: blown in the same mold (McKearin G.I-7, Type 4) and in the same manner as 1917.178. Lip finished by grinding. Capacity: one-half pint. Solid stopper: pressed and partly finished by tooling.

Published ReferencesWilson, 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. 232, no. 275.