Glass Flacon

One aqua glass flacon consisting of rim, neck, shoulder, body and base fragments. The flacon has a wide mouthed rim, a round/cylindrical form and many seed bubbles in the glass. The rim is smooth and fire polished. The base has a deep domed/conical kick-up with a blowpipe pontil scar. The flacon consists of eleven fragments and mends in two sections. The two sections do not mend but are most likely from the same vessel. Residual glass fragments that did not mend to these sections were cataloged separately but may be from the same vessel. This vessel is crossmended between privy deposits levels 1 & 2, East side and privy deposit level 4.

• Object number

  279.549, 279.808, 279.807, 279.737, 279.800, 279.875, 279.803, 279.906, 279.581, 279.896, 430

• Date made

  1713 - 1758

• Dimensions

  Base Diameter 58.4 mm

  Rim Diameter 62.09 mm

• Color

  Aqua

• Animals/objects

  Flacon

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Glass

• Functions

  Food Preparation/Storage

• Material

  Glass, Non-Lead

• Context

  Lot 28, Privy Deposit: Level 4 (624.430)

• Techniques

  Mouth Blown