Collection Highlights
Marian Anderson (1897-1993)
c. 1940-45
1947.216
Watercolor, gouache, white tempera, and charcoal on heavy watercolor paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bottle
Object name
Bottle
Date
1780-1840
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 6 3/4 x 4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 17.1 x 10.2 x 8.3 cm )
Description
Olive green free-blown glass bottle with rounded lip, tapered neck, flattened spherical body, slight push-up, and pontil mark on base.
Credit Line
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number
1953.441
Gallery Label
Chestnut bottles, as bottles of this shape are called, were made in almost all American glasshouses from about 1760 to about 1850. (See Toledo Museum of Art, "American Glass 1760-1930," vol. 1, p. 102.)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
