Objects
Bottle
Alcohol
Consumption
quart
A quart onion bottle made for an unidentified person with the intials ‘R. N’, dated 1691. Blown transparent heavy dark olive-amber non-lead glass, applied and impressed seal reading ‘R.N/ 1691’. Said to have been dug up near Devises, Wiltshire.
It is generally agreed that these bottles, known as ‘black-glass’ bottles were developed at least by the late 1640s. They became an important component of the international English glass trade in the second half of the seventeenth century, being exported all over the world.
Most black-glass bottles were of quart size, although some were made larger and smaller. The shape of the bottles evolved from the earliest spherical body and long tapered neck, similar to contemporary English delft serving bottles. The bottle bodies became longer and straighter, with shorter necks, closer in form to the modern wine bottle.
Many of these glass bottles have seals applied to identify the owner of the bottle and possibly, its production date, usually with initials, names, coats of arms and dates. Often, these seals might show ownership by taverns or institutions, though there was a trade in used bottles.
[950ml closely resembles a quart of wine (946ml)]
Production
Dates of Production: 1691
Consumer
R N
[Not specified]
Materials
Glass
Glass- green
Museological Details
D.O.G/3
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