Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
1836-37
1952.410
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Decorative Arts
Demi-john Bottle used for Rum
Object name
Demi-john Bottle used for Rum
Date
1825-1875
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 17 1/2 x 17 x 7 in. ( 44.4 x 43.2 x 17.8 cm )
Description
Olive-green blown glass oval demijohn with ellipsoidal body, long slightly tapering neck, wide flat ring laid on below tooled lip, mold line running continuous from one end to the other along center of underside and from center of underside up one side; large protruding wrinkle on underside; no pontil mark.
Credit Line
Gift of Bayard Verplanck
Object Number
1945.471a
Gallery Label
Demijohns are large bottles, usually wickered, for bottling and shipping liquids. This example has a five gallon capapcity.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
