Bitters bottle
Classification:
Date:
1865-1890
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/4 x 3 x 3 in. ( 26 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Deep amber non-lead glass bitters bottle (log cabin type) blown in a three-part mold with deep down-tooled collar, three-tiered hipped roof with vertical ribbing and inscriptions "S T DRAKE 1860 PLANTATION X BITTERS" and "PATENTED 1862," square body with broad horizontal ribs, and base with diagonal seam and circular depression.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.415
Marks:
in relief: on obverse (roof): "S T/ DRAKE/ 1860/ PLANTATION/ X/ BITTERS"
in relief: on reverse (roof): "PATENTED/ 1862"
Gallery Label:
In his researches into patented cabin bottle designs, Arthur G. Peterson found that the first such design was patented February 18, 1862, by P. H. Drake of Binghamton, New York (McKearin and Wilson, "American Bottles & Flasks and Their Ancestry," p. 302).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
24207
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish: Plant and Abstract Design
Classification:
Date:
1835-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 9 x 9 in. ( 3.8 x 22.9 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass dish; octagonal form; rim decoration composed of alternating panels of acanthus leaves, scrolls and shields; base decoration composed of beehives, stars and thistles; all decoration on stippled ground.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
INV.12922
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24206
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bitters bottle
Classification:
Date:
1865-1890
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/4 x 3 x 3 in. ( 26 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Light olive amber glass bitters bottle (log cabin type) blown in a three-part mold with deep down-tooled collar, three-tiered hipped roof with vertical ribbing and inscriptions "DRAKES PLANTATION BITTERS" and "PATENTED 1862", square body with broad horizontal ribs, and base with circular depression.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.413
Marks:
in relief: on obverse (roof): "DRAKES / PLANTATION / BITTERS"
in relief: on reverse (roof): "PATENTED / 1862"
Gallery Label:
In his researches into patented cabin bottle designs, Arthur G. Peterson found that the first such design was patented February 18, 1862, by P. H. Drake of Binghamton, New York (McKearin and Wilson, "American Bottles & Flasks and Their Ancestry," p. 302).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
24205
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cruet with stopper
Classification:
Date:
1825-1835
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
overall, with out stopper: 5 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. ( 14 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Purple-blue non-lead glass toilet bottle blown in a mold of three vertical sections and a base plate (McKearin GI-7 Type 2) with a tapered cylindrical neck with flanged lip, barrel-shaped bottle with sloping shoulders molded with bulbous horizontal ring at shoulders and 36 vertical ribs, flat base with pontil mark, and solid pressed and tooled glass stopper.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.190ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
24204
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish
Classification:
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 9 x 9 in. ( 3.8 x 22.9 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass dish; octagonal form; rim decoration composed of alternating panels of acanthus leaves, scrolls and shields; base decoration composed of beehives, stars and thistles; all decoration on stippled ground.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.808b
Provenance:
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
24203
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cruet
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. ( 14 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Violet-blue lead glass toilet bottle blown in a mold of three vertical sections and base plate (McKearin GI-9) with a tapered cylindrical neck with a flanged lip (neck bent), barrel-shaped body with sloping shoulders molded with bulbous ring at shoulders and 15 broad vertical ribs, slighlty domed base and pontil mark.
Object Number:
INV.3254
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
24202
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Smelling bottle
Classification:
Date:
1780-1820
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 1 1/4 x 1 in. ( 7.6 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Turquoise blown non-lead glass smelling bottle (or pungent); flattened ovoid body with wide cylindrical neck; pattern-molded with vertical ribs swirled to the right (twisted); flat base with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.767e
Gallery Label:
The main purpose of smelling bottles, or pungents, was to mask unpleasant odors, and thus they usually held smelling salts. They were first stoppered by corks and eventually by screw caps. The capacity of these bottles ranges from fractions of a dram to a little over an ounce.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
24201
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerosene lamp
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. ( 14 x 7 cm )
Description:
Colorless glass kerosene lamp blown in a multi-part mold designed to keep time; columnar body with domed and terraced base with molded vertical ribbing and panel with descending numerals (8-6) to mark oil level and time; "TIME & LIGHT PRIDE OF AMERICA/ TIME INDICATING LAMP GRAND-VALS PERFECT" inscribed around base; brass kerosene wick holder.
Object Number:
INV.3302
Marks:
in releif: on base; "TIME & LIGHT PRIDE OF AMERICA/ TIME INDICATING LAMP GRAND-VALS PERFECT
in relief: on underside of base; "PAT. APPLD FOR"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
24200
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamps (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1847-1870
Medium:
Glass, brass, marble
Dimensions:
overall: 13 x 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.
Description:
Pair of oil lamps with colorless, pressed glass font, cast brass standard, and square marble base; flaring cup-shaped font in form of lotus blossom with domed top; columnar standard; brass collar and cover with splayed wick tubes.
Credit Line:
Gift of W.R. Britton
Object Number:
1939.502ab
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, these lamps belonged to John Ramage (ca.1748-1802), a miniature painter. The domed top of this lamp's font was formed by using the Magoun Patent method. This method, invented by Joseph Magoun of the New England Glass Company in 1847, eliminated moldmarks by using a hinged, three-part mold to form the sides of the font and a one-piece cylindrical mold to form a cylinder that was then tooled to form the dome.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
24199
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bowl
Classification:
Date:
1840-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 5/8 x 9 1/4 in. ( 4.1 x 23.5 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass bowl with flattened scalloped rim, crossed peacock feathers alternating with diamonds and circles on sides, and rayed center with six stippled segments.
Object Number:
INV.3837
Gallery Label:
Fragments of this pattern were found at the Sandwich factory site; however, it was also manufactured elsewhere (see "American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass," p. 87).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24198
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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