Collection Highlights
The Game of Playing Department Store
1898
2000.715
Cardboard, wood, paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bottle
Object name
Bottle
Date
1820-1840
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 9 1/2 x 4 in. ( 24.1 x 10.2 cm )
Description
Olive-amber, lead glass bottle or decanter blown in a full-sized, four-part mold (McKearin GIII-19 and McKearin Rayed Type VII-A); hand-tooled neck with a straight-finished, fire-polished lip; sloping shoulders and straight-sided body pattern-molded with a geometric pattern of vertical and diagonal ribs with a central band of alternating panels of cross-hatching and square sunbursts; pontil mark on base.
Credit Line
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number
1937.1057