Objects
Bottle
Alcohol
Consumption
pint
A pint? onion bottle for William Allen Looe, dated 1725. Blown, transparent, heavy, dark, olive-green non-lead glass; with an applied and impressed seal reading ‘Wm/ Allen/ Looe/ 1725’.
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.
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.
[300ml equates to either a half pint of ale (289ml) or 0.625 pints of wine (296ml)]
Production
Dates of Production: exact 1725
Consumer
William Allen
male
Consumption
Looe, Cornwall, England
Materials
Glass
Glass- green
Museological Details
D.O.G/7
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