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Collection Highlights

Dressing table
1795-1810
INV.14982
Mahogany, mahogany and other inlays, white pine, yellow poplar
Possible Original Owner: Margaret Maria Livingston

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Bitters bottle

Bitters bottle
Object name 
Bitters bottle
Date 
1860-1890
Medium 
Glass
Dimensions 
Overall: 9 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. ( 24.1 x 8.3 cm )
Description 
Amber glass bitters bottle blown in a three-part mold with thick flange lip, short shoulder and neck, slender barrel shape, label band with inscription "BOURBON WHISKEY BITTERS" between wide horizontal ribbing, and flat base.
Credit Line 
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis