Collection Highlights
Civil Defense Volunteer Organization Uniform
1942-1945
1946.89a-c
Wool, silk, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bottle
Object name
Bottle
Date
1800-1840
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 3 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. ( 9.8 x 6 cm )
Description
Olive lead glass bottle blown in two part mold; cylindrical body slightly wider at top than bottom; slightly sloping shoulders, short narrow neck with flaring lip; pontil mark and large U-shaped impression in base.
Credit Line
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number
1953.422
Gallery Label
This bottle is similar in size and shape to snuff bottles shown in American Bottles and Flasks and their Ancestry, by McKearin and Wilson (examples shown in plate 75).
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
