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Pickle bottle

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

ca. 1850

GUSN

GUSN-7533

Description

Transparent green colored two-part body. Square base with high kick up. Body with molded Gothic-style arched window motif on each side; surmounted by acorn finials. Three sides trellised; back plain. Windows surmounted by secondary arch, terminating in a feathery plume that conforms to sloping shoulder. Swells at lower neck, tapers to cylindrical neck with a circular mouth terminating in fold-over lip.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bottles
blow molding
soda lime glass
glass (material)
acorn
trellises
Victorian
Glass
Blown
Gothic Revival
Acorn
Trellis
Victorian
BOTTLE

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

England

Dimensions

11 x 3.25 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan

Accession Number

1949.590

Places

Possibly
Possibly

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