Wine Bottle

CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Wine Bottle
Datec. 1733
Made inEngland
MediumNonlead glass
Dimensions8 1/4 × 5 1/2 × 5 3/4 in. (21 × 14 × 14.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.67.10
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Pine Room
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionFrom the seventeenth century to the end of the eighteenth, the shape of English wine bottles evolved from globular shapes to straight-sided cylindrical forms that allowed bottles to be stored on their sides. This example represents a mid-point in that evolution. These bottles were made to be used, cleaned, and refilled many times. This one bears the name of its owner, I. Purnell, and the date 1733.
Provenance[Lillian Blankley Cogan Antiques, Farmington, Connecticut]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, February 7, 1967; given to MFAH,1967.
Exhibition HistoryTheta Charity Antiques Show 1989, Houston TX., September 13–17, 1989 (LN:89.33)

"Fill the Other Bowl, Boys!," Texarkana Historical Society, Texarkana, TX, September 1–October 16, 1993.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Embossed irregular circle on body: I / Purnell / 1733

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