COLLECTION NAME:
Massachusetts Historic Bottles Collection
Record
Accession number:
UMAG00092
Collection Name:
UMass Archaeological Services Bottle Collection
Site name:
Greenbush Line Restoration Project
Complex title:
Greenbush Line
Site date:
19th and 20th century
Modern location:
Cohasset, Massachusetts
UMAS identifier:
UM470 - 1.729
Artifact name:
Green wine bottle
Artifact function:
liquor
Artifact form:
wine bottle
Artifact material:
glass
Image view description:
Side view of whole bottle
Artifact condition:
intact with chip on mouth
Seam locations:
horizontal mold seams encircling the bottle where the shoulder and body meet; two other mold seams on opposite sides running vertically from the shoulder seam which ends right before the finish
Embossing description:
two short paralell lines
Embossing location:
base
Artifact color:
Olive green
Bottle finish type:
mineral oil
Bottle closure type:
cork top
Pontil scar presence:
y
Manufacturing techniques:
mouth blown three-piece mold
Artifact date:
19th century
Artifact terminus ante quem:
1870
Artifact repository:
UMass Archaeology Services
Rights:
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
