Collection Highlights
Dressing table
1795-1810
INV.14982
Mahogany, mahogany and other inlays, white pine, yellow poplar
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bottle: brown
Object name
Bottle: brown
Date
1800-1830
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 9 3/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 23.8 x 6.4 cm )
Description
Olive green, non-lead, blown glass bottle; bottle blown in a dip mold and has a bulging, cylindrical neck with an applied rounded string rim, rounded shoulders, and a cylindrical, straight-sided body with a conical push-up and a pontil mark.
Credit Line
Gift of Fred Sill
Object Number
1949.144
Gallery Label
According to the accession records, this bottle was found along the Conces (?) Trail in Panama, and is typical of the bottles used by American pioneers on their way to California in 1849.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
