bottle

Object NameBottle

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1801-1978

Techniquemold-blown

SizeH: 11.9 cm, W(shoulder): 4.7 cm

Accession Number79.3.103

Credit LineGift of Christopher Sheppard

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Place Made

possibly Near East

Physical DescriptionTransparent amber glass; mold-blown. Square shape; rim outsplayed, folded upward, inward and downward; narrow cylindrical neck; shoulder almost flat; straight tapering side; plain base with slight concavity; body decorated on all four faces by blowing it into two-piece mold with separate base piece (mold seams run up two opposed angles of body, across shoulder and continue up neck); two designs, each repeated: sides 1 and 3, rhomboidal panel containing plain cross on stepped base; sides 2 and 4, rhomboidal panel containing flower with seven petals at end of scrolling stem with leaves and tendrils.
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