Collection Highlights
Abraham Lincoln
Date:
April, 1865
Object Number:
PR.011.10
Medium:
Albumen print, carte-de-visite photograph
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Cruet: Three-part mold blown bottle, slender neck
Object Number:
INV.3258
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 x 1 5/8 in. ( 9.5 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass cruet bottle blown in three part mold (McKearin G.I-24); cylindrical body with narrow neck, sloping shoulders, and flaring lip; molded decoration composed of bands of vertical ribs separated by horizontal bands; lower-most band composed of diagonal ribs; pontil mark in base.
Gallery Label:
Similar cruets were sold by Bakewell of Pittsburgh in 1824 and by new England Glass Company during the 1820s (see publications).
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
