Collection Highlights
Armchair
Date:
1785-1789
Object Number:
1916.7
Medium:
Mahogany; pine, poplar
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Rum bottle
Object Number:
1918.42
Date:
1770-1780
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 4 in. ( 27.3 x 10.2 cm )
Marks:
written: on paper label; "Hut-site/ 28/ Prescott Ave"
written: in red; "23/9"
Description:
Olive green, non-lead, blown glass bottle; bottle blown in a dip mold and has a cylindrical neck with an applied string rim, rounded shoulders, and a cylindrical body with a push-up and pontil mark; bottle's neck and string rim have been restored.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this bottle was found by the N-YHS Field Exploration Committee in Hut #28 in the American-Revolution-era camp of the British 17th Regiment of Foot at Prescott (now Payson) Ave., in Inwood, New York City.
Credit Line:
Found by the NYHS Field Exploration Committee
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
