Collection Highlights
Mayor George B. McClellan at the controls of the first subway train, October 27, 1904
Date:
1904
Object Number:
PR.020.90.1
Medium:
Silver gelatin print
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cologne bottle: monument shaped, clear glass
Object Number:
INV.3255
Date:
1840-60
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 2 x 3 in. ( 12.7 x 5.1 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine cologne bottle; deep, straight-sided square base with chamfered corners and sunken label panel on one side and sunken panels with high relief building with three arches; each side of body of bottle decorated with relief image of fountain between columns; shoulders slope to neck; flanged lip; pontil mark.
Gallery Label:
This bottle is thought to be a replica of a Paris fountain and may have ben an import from France. It may also have been one of the fountain colognes recorded in Solomon Stranger's Glassblower's Book of 1848/49 or one of those listed in the price list of the Williamstown Glass Works of N.J. (see publications).
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
