Glass Wine-Style Bottle

Nineteen green glass base, body, neck and finish fragments from a bottle that might have originally contained wine or oil. The intact neck features an unevenly applied, flattened string rim just below the cracked-off lip. The cylindrical neck ends in sloped down shoulders. The base retains a small section of a rounded heel with a suggestion of a kick. The exact nature of the manufacture is not clear, but it might have been dip-molded or possibly free blown, as there are no visible mold seams running the length of the body. The golden flecks on the surface of the bottle are not original; they are produced by the decomposition of the glass. The shape of the bottle is similar to small Bourdeau-shaped bottles that were used for wine and oil in the 19th century.

• Object number

  1136, 1102, 1114

• Dimensions

  Rim Diameter 2.5 cm

  Base Diameter 7 cm

• Color

  Green

• Animals/objects

  Bottle, Wine-Style

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Glass

• Functions

  Beverage, Non-Tea

• Material

  Glass, Transparent Color

• Context

  Lot 26*, Test Cut AP, Cistern Deposit: Grayish, Yellowish and Rust Brown Silty Sand in Feature (624.1136)

• Forms

  Base/Body/Shoulder/Neck/Finish

  Flat-Sided String Rim

  Cracked-Off Lip

• Techniques

  Mold Blown