New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Toilet Bottle With Stopper

ManufacturerAttributed to Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. (American, 1826-1888)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1875

MediumMold blown glass | Pressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4239

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 117, Study Gallery Case 1, Section 1 Sh2

DescriptionToilet bottle and stopper. Bottle is of mold blown vaseline yellow glass. Melon shaped with three plain sections and three pebbly sections. Polished pontil. Stopper is matching vaseline yellow pressed glass. Vertical petal blossom-like hollow top.

Published ReferencesLee, _Sandwich Glass_, pl. 205, pg. 502, No. 13.