Description:
Blown milk glass tea bottle with a pewter screw top, decorated in blue, yellow, and red. In the third quarter of the 17th century, French, German and Bohemian glassmakers developed formulae, such as Johann Kunckel's 1679 recipe for opal glass, to produce an opaque white glass - "milchglas" - that imitated white porcelain or china. "Glass china" was an early 19th century term for what is is currently called "milk glass". Glass tea bottles and canisters are recorded in Colonial American inventories. The bottle is decorated with a lion rampant in an oval on side and a floral spray on the other along with dots and other designs; the ends have a scrolled design in blue, yellow, and red. The bottle has a rectangular body, curved at the shoulder, and flat base with a pontil mark.
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