Pocket Bottle

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Pocket Bottle
Datec. 1815–1845
Made inUnited States
MediumNonlead glass
Dimensions6 1/4 in. height (15.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.58.30
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Pine Room
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionThe ridge just below the neck of this bottle is a result of the manufacturing process called the half-post method, meaning that a second gather of molten glass was applied to the first, without covering it completely. The glassblower impressed a pattern on each gather with a dip mold, resulting in both vertical and swirled ridges.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Lebanon, Pennsylvania; [Samuel H. Laidacker (1904–1994), Bristol, Pennsylvania]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1958; given to MFAH, by 1966.

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