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Description:
Rectangular glass container, with flat, circular stopper. Gilt floral designs on the top.

Label Text:
Glass containers have been used for millennia to hold beverages, oils, perfumes, and more. The transparency of glass allows for better visibility of a vessel’s contents, but glass is also more breakable than other materials. The key to transporting fragile glass is how it is packed. When placing multiple glass containers in a wooden crate or case for shipping or travel, the practicality of a rectangular form is obvious. These two bottles (displayed with 2006.23.1) were hand blown using rigid molds to form the straight walls. It is a design that works—from the 3rd century to the 18th, these “case bottles” were widely produced. (Jan. 2017)

Tags:
bottles

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