Cologne Bottle and Stopper

Place of OriginProbably United States; possibly Europe

Date1860-1880

DimensionsH (with stopper): 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm); H (without stopper): 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); Rim Diam: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm); Base Diam: 2 9/32 in. (5.8 cm)

MediumDeep amethyst lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1972.43A-B

Not on View

DescriptionBottle: blown in a female mold of three vertical sections bearing the pattern, with a plain base plate. Stuck up and the interior of the lip formed by tooling. Oval printies, neck panels, and the edges and top of the rim cut and polished. Interior of neck ground and semipolished to fit the stopper. Stopper: blown in a hexagonal mold and finished by tooling. Cut and polished. Base and pontil mark cut and polished.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, Mass., author, 1947, pp. 498, 505, no. 19, pl. 206, bottom row, second from left.

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. 472, no. 767.