Vinegar bottle for Castor Set

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Vinegar bottle for Castor Set

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

ManufacturerProbably New England Glass Company (American, 1818-1888)

Date1820-1840 (Bottles); 1825-1840 (Mustard pot)

DimensionsH (with stand): 3 11/32 in. (8.5 cm); H (salt): 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm); H (vinegar with stopper): 4 27/32 in. (12.3 cm); H (mustard pot with closure): 4 9/32 in. (10.9 cm)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1971.110B

Not on View

DescriptionBoth bottles blown in the same mold (McKearin G.I-7, Type 2) of three vertical sections and a plain base plate. Bottle 1: salt, made by the blow-over and crack-off process. Rim finished by grinding. No pontil mark. Thin brass cap made of two pieces: the vertical section rolled from a flat strip and soldered to form a flange ring on the top, then stamped and joined to the vertical section by turning its outer edge over the flange of the ring. Bottle 2: vinegar, neck and flange tooled to shape and lip folded inward. Interior of neck ground to receive stopper. Rough pontil mark. Stopper: with ringed pattern and plain tapered shank, probably pressed in a plier press. Shank not ground. Mustard pot: blown in a mold (McKearin G.I-7, Type 2) of three vertical sections and a base plate (McKearin Rayed Type I). Rim finished by tooling and folded inward. Rough pontil mark. Closure: pressed, probably by machine, with eighteen external ribs and a series of horizontal rings inside. Three-hole, tin-plated metal castor stand repainted red.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, Helen, "Blown Three-Mold Fragments Excavated at Sandwich," Antiques, vol. 35, May 1939, pp. 240-243 (Reprint 1, pp. 168-171), pp. 240-243, no. 8, fig. 8 (mustard pot).

References 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-7, p. 247, pl. 84; p. 261, pl. 100, no. 25; p. 289.

Wilson, Kenneth M., New England Glass and Glassmaking, Old Sturbridge Village Book, New York, Crowell, 1972, pp. 235, 237.

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. 228, no. 265.