H.B. Kilmer Philadelphia Porter Glass Beer Bottle

Aqua glass beer bottle base and body fragments with partial embossing that reads from "..ILA/PORTE../&/ALE" and an additional fragment that reads "..ILM../..YOR..". The bottle is from H.B Kilmer, Philadelphia Porter & Ale circa 1855. The vessel consists of four fragments that mend and many others that are similar in color but do not mend. 

• Object number

  GV-514: 57

• Date made

  1855

• Decoration

  Embossed

• Color

  Aqua

• Animals/objects

  Bottle, Beer

• Patterns

  Lettering

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Glass

• Functions

  Alcohol-Related

• Material

  Glass, Non-Lead

• Context

  Transect 3, SC 6A: Possible Buried A Horizon (9531.57)

• Forms

  Base/Body

• Techniques

  Mold Blown