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Cologn bottle with stopper

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1845-1860

GUSN

GUSN-8080

Description

Bottle: cerulean blue opaque body. Globular; tapering upward from flat bottom to small cylindrical neck with flaring mouth. Polished pontil. Tiny gilt stars overall. Stopper: clear, teardrop finial stopper. Gilt; cylindrical stem.

Details

Descriptive Terms

perfume bottles
glassblowing
gilding
glass (material)
stars
Glass
Blown
Star
Gilded
BOTTLE, TOILET

Inscription

Painted on bottom: 7

Associated Building

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

Additional Identification Number

1949.487.1A,B

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

7.25 x 3.375 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan

Accession Number

1949.487.1AB

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