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Bottle
- Material
- METAL/ALLOY-UNKNOWN; GLASS;
- Description
- A) Small, square-shaped, brown glass bottle with narrow neck and rusty cap. Press marks on bottom, off center.
B) Small, rusty, metal screw-on cap.
- Category
- DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSPORTATION OBJECTS
- Sub-Category
- CONTAINER
- Description
- A) Small, square-shaped, brown glass bottle with narrow neck and rusty cap. Press marks on bottom, off center.
B) Small, rusty, metal screw-on cap.
- Narrative
- Reference file: Bottles The Award Guide to Collecting Bottles, By Nancy Pratt Berkow pg. 10-11
- History Of Use
- One of the first types of molds used in America was the kind that shaped the bottle up to the shoulder. The bottom was wider than the top and the neck and lip were finished by hand, a procedure that could mean additional blowing.
- Material
- METAL/ALLOY-UNKNOWN; GLASS;
- Height
- 12
- Width
- 4
- Length
- 4
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 1991.52.1 a-b
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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