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Toilet Bottle

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1850-1860

GUSN

GUSN-66368

Description

Clear with yellow; etched deer; cylindrical; flat shoulder, straight neck; stopper

Details

Descriptive Terms

perfume bottles
glassblowing
etching (corroding)
etching (printing process)
flashing (glassworking)
glass (material)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
deers
Bottle, Toilet
Bottle, Toilet

Associated Building

Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5 7/8 (H), 2 1/4 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan

Accession Number

1949.1081.3

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