Collection Highlights
Noah's ark
1850-1900
1956.101
Wood, paint
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Bottle: log cabin
Object name
Bottle: log cabin
Date
1860-1880
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 7 3/4 x 4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 19.7 x 10.2 x 7 cm )
Description
Amber lead glass log cabin bottle blown in a multi-part mold (McKearin GVII-3) with down-tooled lip; inscriptions "E.G. BOOZ'S OLD CABIN WHISKEY" and "(1840)" on gabled roof, "E.G. BOOZ'S OLD CABIN WHISKEY" and "120 WALNUT ST PHILADELPHIA" on sides; base with large circular depression.
Credit Line
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number
1953.370
Marks
in relief: on roof: "E.G. BOOZ'S / OLD CABIN / WHISKEY" and "(1840)"
in relief: on sides: "E.G. BOOZ'S / OLD CABIN / WHISKEY." and "120 WALNUT ST / PHILADELPHIA"
Gallery Label
This bottle, one of many examples of mould-blown glass in the Society's collection, was made for Edmund G. Booz by the Whitney Glass Works of Glassboro, New Jersey around 1860. At his death, which is suggested by an exam