Bottle
- Object Name:
- Bottle
- Object ID:
- 1965.012
- Date:
- circa 1850
- Description:
- Bottle. Gray stoneware. Cylindrical form with canted shoulder, straight neck, and slightly flared rim. Light brown glaze on exterior. Slight indent on lip may have been a small spout. Striations on exterior from the wheel throwing process. Bottom is slightly concave. No maker's marks seen.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Stoneware - Dimensions:
- H-5.1 Dia-2.4 inches
- Provenance:
- Donated by Ida F. (Mrs. F. Howard) Taggart. It was given to her by James Whitman, owner of the Gulf gas station where the bottle was found. The bottle was unearthed by a bulldozer while excavating 12 feet down for an extension to the Gulf Service Station on North Main St. in Concord, NH. It was found on the uphill side of and next to a retaining wall at the rear of the station. Apparently it was not associated with any other household refuse.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ida F. Taggart
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