Collection Highlights
Contraband Camp -- Harper's Ferry, VA
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.065.815.7
Medium:
Stereograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Wine bottle
Object Number:
2010.4
Date:
ca. 1660
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/8 x 4 3/8 in. (20.6 x 11.1 cm)
Description:
Olive green, non-lead, blown glass bottle in shaft and globe form with applied string rim and applied seal "N P".
Gallery Label:
This exceedingly rare bottle, made in England around 1660, was excavated in Pelham Bay Park in 1978 near a house site thought to be that of Anne Hutchinson (1591-1643), the religious dissident who left Rhode Island and moved to Pelham Bay in 1642. The bottle bears a seal with the initials "N P," presumably those of the original owner.
Credit Line:
Purchase, funded by Robert Goelet
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
