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Pickle jar

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1835-1860

GUSN

GUSN-7748

Description

Two-part body; square base with high kick-up, unpolished pontil. Gothic arched window motif on each side. Two columnar supports with scalloped arch terminate in plume. Three sides have quatrefoil and drop penant motif; back arch plain. Arches conform to sloping shoulders of bottle, terminating in neck ring with cylindrical neck and circular mouth terminaing in a fold-over lip.

Details

Descriptive Terms

jars
glass (material)
blow molding
quatrefoils
Victorian
Blown
Gothic Revival
Victorian
Quatrefoil
Glass
JAR, PICKLE

Associated Building

Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

8.375 x 3.125 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan

Accession Number

1949.595

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