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Case bottle
Glass
1750-1799
Case bottle
Case bottle
Glass
1750-1799
Case bottle Glass 1750-1799
Status
Not on view
Date1780-1800
Geography Made - Bohemia
Medium/TechniqueGlass
DimensionsOverall (H x W x D): 5 9/16 in. x 2 11/16 in. x 1 3/4 in. (14.13 cm x 6.83 cm x 4.45 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, 1950
Object numberW-1591/D
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 with a circular flower and drop at each corner; left-facing tulip with lobed leaves on the face and rear; a three petaled flower sprig with leaves 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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