Bottle

Place Made
Great Britain
Date Made
1680-1700
Medium
black glass
Dimensions
OA 6 5/8; DOA 5 1/2
Accession Number
1078
Description
Dark green glass bottles of this squat shape are listed on 17th century inventories as “black glass bottles.” Dating from about 1680, the base of this form is bulbous, but the neck is shorter than earlier English bottles. Generally, bottles of this type are crudely made, unsymmetrical in shape with prounouced pontil marks, uneven lips and air bubbles scattered through the glass. The dark green color came from iron impurities in the sand used with ash to produce the glass. Other impurities show through the green glass as dirty yellow and pea green or as opaque brown splotches.
Credit Line
Gift of Frank L. Horton