Handblown clear glass bottle with sloped shoulders; narrow neck and protruding lip; without cork; open pontil mark on irregularly shaped bottom of bottle.
Handblown clear glass bottle with sloped shoulders; narrow neck and protruding lip; without cork; open pontil mark on irregularly shaped bottom of bottle.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Items belonged to donor, a physician from Ottawa.
Dates
1840
1860
circa 1840 - 1860
Date Remarks
Online research
Material
glass: clear
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A4-8 Box 1 Row D
Length
12.5
Diameter
2.7
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
Minor crack along the exterior bottom of neck
Copy Type
original
Reference Types
Internet
Reference Comments
Pontil Scars. Society for Historical Archaeology Inc.
Research Facts
When a blowpipe was used as a pontil, it left behind a distinctive ring shaped scar that is usually sharp edged, hollow in the middle, and round to slightly oval with an overall diameter that is roughly the size of the bottles upper neck - circumstantial proof that one blowpipe was usually used for both blowing and empontilling.