G.1-9

Object NameToilet Bottle or Cruet with Stopper

Made FromGlass

Date1820-1835

Place MadeEastern United States

TechniqueBlown-three-mold

SizeOverall H: 18.2 cm; (a) Toilet Bottle or Cruet H: 13.5 cm; (a) Rim Diam: 3.2 cm; (a) Base Diam: 5.7 cm

Accession Number59.4.26

Curatorial Area(s)

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionToilet Bottle or Cruet with Stopper. Clear glass with purple tinge and bubbles and small impurities; blown-three-mold; about half pint decanter, ovoid, slightly tapering to slightly concave base with rough pontil mark, sloping shoulder tapering to neck with bulge at lower end and flattened rim; stopper with flattened rounded finial tapering downwards, body patterned probably in G.I-9 mold (McKearin, American Glass, 1948, Pl. 84).
Provenance

Source Parke-Bernet Galleries, NYC - 1959-11-27

Former Collection Constance Mayer Hutzler