The Historic 1840 Tucker House Bed and Breakfast Auction: A Distinguished Offering of Primitives & Antiques
Lot 32:
Description
This collection of antique glass bottles includes various forms and colors common to late 19th and early 20th-century glass manufacturing. The assortment features a large, deep olive-colored bottle, often categorized as black glass, with a rounded shoulder and short neck. A tall, pale aqua glass bottle is included, notable for its significant punt or kick-up in the base. The collection also contains a tapered amber glass bottle and a teal-colored cylindrical bottle with a matte or frosted surface finish. A clear glass bottle is present and features embossed lettering, including the text WORCESTER CO in an arc at the shoulder and COURTENAY & CO running vertically up the side. The bottles exhibit technical characteristics of the period, including mold-blown bodies and ringed neck finishes.
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