Objects
Bottle
Alcohol
Consumption
Pint- wine
[Taken from catalogue entry]
A pocket bottle, of flattened ovoid form, with diamond-point engraved inscription reading ‘James Gouldsbury/ 1724’, made from blown colourless lead glass and diamond-point engraved. Nothing has been learned about the identity of the owner, James Gouldsbury, but there was a prominent Gouldsbury/Goldberry family in Ireland in this period.
The bottle comfortably holds a wine pint.
Pocket bottles were meant to be carried in a large outer pocket of a greatcoat. They were made to contain liquor, to warm a cold constitution, particularly for coach travel in the winter. This type of bottle was mentioned in English business records as early as 1690, and maintained a similar form throughout the eighteenth century.
There are known examples in green bottle glass and in colourless and coloured lead glass. Most were corked, though some had silver mounts with screw lids. Two bottles of the same form as shown here are dated 1706 and 1769.
[470ml closely approximates to a pint of wine (473ml)]
Production
Dates of Production: exact 1724
Consumer
James Gouldsbury
male
Materials
Glass
Glass- flint
Museological Details
D.O.G/19
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