Object Record
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Title |
Perfume Bottle, 1900 |
Object Name |
Bottle, Perfume |
Description |
Perfume Bottle, 1900. This bottle is made out of clear see through and thick glass and was possibly used for perfume or ink. It has a rectangular shape with rounded edges and decorative fluted sides. The lip and a tool top. The wide shaped body is longer than the bottle's neck. The finish can be described as a wide prescription or flared finish. There is no label or closure. |
Date |
1900 |
Creator |
Unknown |
Role |
Manufacturer |
Catalog Number |
2019.002.001 |
Dimensions |
H-3 W-1.5 D-1 inches |
Collection |
3D - Personal Gear |
Inscription Text |
none |
Provenance |
Part of 4+ boxes of archaeological material recovered from the Morgan Oyster Beds on Bear Island in Belmont, CA. |
Notes |
"Most scent bottles were small in size rarely holding more than 6 ounces and often only an ounce or less, i.e., a capacity measured in drams (Illinois Glass Co 1926). Scent bottles are also usually no more than about 6" tall (Munsey 1970). The glass thickness of scent bottles tends to be relatively thin since there was no need to contain the pressure of a carbonated product like with beer or soda. One exception to this glass thickness trend is that the fancier stoppered perfume bottles - bottles intended to be refilled and reused indefinitely - were often made of quite thick glass making them heavy for their size." [https://sha.org/bottle/household.htm#Toiletries 04/29/2019] "As a general statement, ink bottles (and inkwells) were designed for stability while being used to fill a pen or dip a quill. Although there is no universally accepted size cut-off point, generally speaking the majority of ink bottles hold 3 or 4 ounces of ink or less, typically about 2 ounces. There was a immense variety of different small ink bottle made. This was probably due to there being a demand for ink bottles that were esthetically pleasing since they usually "...remained out on the writing table in plain sight" (Munsey 1970)." [https://sha.org/bottle/household.htm#Small%20ink%20bottles 04/29/2019] |
Search Terms |
Archaeolgy Archaeological Material Archaeological Materials Bottle Collection Bottle Collectors Bottles Glass Glassware Morgan Oyster Company |
Subjects |
Bottles Glass industry Glassware Perfumes |
Credit line |
Courtesy of John Shroyer |