Case bottle

Status

Not on view

Date1780-1800

Geography Made - Bohemia

Medium/TechniqueGlass

DimensionsOverall (H x W x D): 5 1/4 in. x 2 9/16 in. x 1 5/8 in. (13.34 cm x 6.51 cm x 4.13 cm)

Credit LinePurchase, 1950

Object numberW-1591/F

DescriptionColorless glass case bottle; half-post dip-molded rectangular body with rounded corners, horizontal shoulders, and a n 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 a circular drop at each corner; left-facing tulip with 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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