Case bottle
Date1780-1800
Geography
Made -
Bohemia
Medium/TechniqueGlass
DimensionsOverall (H x W x D): 5 7/8 in. x 2 5/8 in. x 1 15/16 in. (14.92 cm x 6.67 cm x 4.92 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, 1950
Object numberW-1591/C
DescriptionColorless glass case bottle; half-post dip-molded rectangular body with rounded corners, horizontal shoulders, and an unground, double gathered cylindrical neck terminating in a rounded trail string rim; wheel engraved decoration on the shoulders, face, rear, and sides of the bottle: series of dots along the shoulders; four-petaled flowers with curled tips on the face and rear; a stemmed flower with leaves surrounded by symmetrically placed dots on the sides; unground pontil mark on base.Published ReferencesBenson J. Lossing, The Home of Washington; or Mount Vernon and its Associations, Historical, and Pictoral (New York, New York: Virtue & Yorston, 1871), 360-361.
Benson John Lossing, Mount Vernon and its Associations: Historical, Biographical, and Pictoral (New York, New York: W. A. Townsend, 1859), 346-347.
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