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Cake board
1825-1835
1937.1562
Wood
Artist/Maker: John Conger

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Cologne bottle: monument shaped, clear glass

Cologne bottle: monument shaped, clear glass
Object name 
Cologne bottle: monument shaped, clear glass
Date 
1840-60
Medium 
Glass
Dimensions 
Overall: 5 x 2 x 3 in. ( 12.7 x 5.1 x 7.6 cm )
Description 
Aquamarine cologne bottle; deep, straight-sided square base with chamfered corners and sunken label panel on one side and sunken panels with high relief building with three arches; each side of body of bottle decorated with relief image of fountain between columns; shoulders slope to neck; flanged lip; pontil mark.
Object Number 
INV.3255