Collection Highlights
Tool chest with tools
chest ca. 1790; tools ca. 1790-1850
L.1927.1
Outer case of painted pine; inner till of mahogany with ivory and brass.
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Bottle
Object name
Bottle
Date
1850-1880
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 12 5/8 x 2 7/8 in. ( 32.1 x 7.3 cm )
Description
Cased glass barber shop toilet water bottle; translucent green blown glass bottle with flared lip, tall, tapered neck, and cylindrical body with straight sides overlaid with layer of opaque white glass carved with flutes at neck and base and horizontal vine of ivy at midsection; polished pontil mark on base.
Credit Line
Gift of John V. Irwin
Object Number
1948.476
Gallery Label
According to the accession records, this is a toilet water bottle that was aquired from the barber shop of the City Hotel, Broadway and Spencer Streets, Albany, NY, about 1890.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
