Ink or Utility Bottle

Place of OriginPossibly Stoddard, New Hampshire

Date1850-1865

DimensionsH: 18.8 cm (7 3/8 in.)

MediumDeep olive-green glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. C. S. Pease

Object number

1935.3

Not on View

DescriptionBlown in a three-piece mold consisting of a cylindrical body section and two sections above that formed the shoulder. Neck drawn out and formed by tooling. Sloping collar applied and formed by a special tool. The underside of the base is indented about 2.0 cm (13/16 in.), with a small nipple in the center, leaving a basal rim 1.2 cm (1/2 in.) wide around the edge. No pontil mark.