bottle

Object NameGemel Bottle

Made FromLight Lead Glass

Dateprobably 1850-1875

Place MadeUnited States, PA, Pittsburgh

TechniqueFree-blown, applied

SizeOverall H: 28.5 cm

Accession Number50.4.289

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

The Story of American Pressed Glass of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionGemel Bottle. Opaque milk-white and pink glass, probably light lead; free-blown; long narrow flattened ovoid bodies of milk-white with pink, shallow loopings, cylindrical necks with sheared lips curving in opposite directions; sides fused and bodies tapering to small base fused in milk-white holder having six ridged heavy arms, each tooled to resemble pinnate leaf--short one on each side, long one on each end--, applied flat circular foot with slightly rough pontil mark.
Provenance

Source George S. McKearin (b. 1874) - 1950-07-31