Bitters bottle
Manufacturer
Hobbs, Brockunier & Co.
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1880-1885
MediumPressed glass | Mold blown glass
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
Base: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
Base: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Willcox Ruffin
Object number64.117.21
Not on view
DescriptionBitters bottle of pressed and six-section mold-blown glass. Clear "sapphire" in "dewdrop" pattern, now called hobnail. Ground polished pontil. Bottom row of hobnails ground. Made in same mold as 64.117.22.GAW-has same mold flaw on shoulder.Published ReferencesRevi, AMERICAN PRESSED GLASS, p. 188-189. Peterson, GLASS PATENTS & PATTERNS, p. 152-154. Heacock, BOOK II, ill. p. 56, fig. 336.
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