bottle, vial
Title
Artifact Lot ID
LP2_0147_438394
Object name
Part
Lot Quantity
1
Material
Sub-material
Function
Sub-Function
Provenience Code
Stratum
11
Level
Depth (cm)
5-6
Unit Comments
40-60
incised at certain increment, near intact "long" version/small bore clear homeopathy medicine vial, no seams, base is flat, SHA: "The style dates back to at least to the 1870s and at least as late as the 1930s. The vast majority of these vials, in the authors experience, have no evidence of mold seams indicating probable turn-molding (or possible later production in a press-and-blow machine with a one piece blow mold?) from the 1870s into the 1920s at least (Whitall, Tatum & Co. 1879; Owens-Illinois Glass Co. 1930; empirical observations). Later machine-made ones have been noted with regular vertical side seams probably dating from the 1920s to 1940s (empirical observations)."
Glass Finish Type
wide prescription
Collection
Citation
“bottle, vial,” City of Boston Archaeology Program, accessed May 9, 2024, https://bostonarchaeo.omeka.net/items/show/261738.
Comments