Unknown English
Wine Bottle

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Maker Unknown English

CultureEnglish

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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

On view

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

GLASS

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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