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bottle

Object Name2 Toilet Bottles

Makerprobably Cristalleries de Baccarat

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1840-1850

Place MadeFrance

TechniqueFree-blown, blown in a mold, pressed, cut

SizeSee Individual Records

Accession Number54.3.52

Credit LineBequest of Ellen D. Sharpe

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTransparent amber glass; wear marks; free-blown, blown in a mold, pressed and cut. (a) Hexagonal base with ground pontil mark, flat hexagonal bulbous body supporting the stepped neck flaring at bottom and top; (b) conical stopper with mushroom- like finial with enclosed "tear" and surmounted by a hexagonal obelisk; horizontal concave oval bosses on body, neck and bottom of finial cut in panels.
Provenance

Source Ellen D. Sharpe - 1954-06-01