Collection Highlights
Flags on 57th Street, Winter of 1918
1918
1984.68
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Rum bottle
Object name
Rum bottle
Date
1770-1780
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 10 3/4 x 4 in. ( 27.3 x 10.2 cm )
Description
Olive green, non-lead, blown glass bottle; bottle blown in a dip mold and has a cylindrical neck with an applied string rim, rounded shoulders, and a cylindrical body with a push-up and pontil mark; bottle's neck and string rim have been restored.
Credit Line
Found by the NYHS Field Exploration Committee
Object Number
1918.42
Marks
written: on paper label; "Hut-site/ 28/ Prescott Ave"
written: in red; "23/9"
Gallery Label
According to the accession records, this bottle was found by the NYHS Field Exploration Committee in Hut #28 in the American-Revolution-era camp of the British 17th Regiment of Foot at Prescott (now Payson) Ave., in Inwood, New York City.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
