English: A Post-medieval 'onion' bottle made from dark green glass and free-blown. The vessel is almost complete with limited damage to the rim and lip.
The onion bottle has a wide kick-up style base (to help stability) and an English style lip with applied string rim. Bottles of this date were sealed with a loose fitting wedge-shaped cork, tied down to the string rim, a ridged shaped band on the neck just below the lip (Hedges 1975:8).
This bottle also carries a seal - made by stamping a moltern spot of glass applied directly to the finished bottle. This seal bears a crown design with unidentified mark beneath. It was fashionable during this period for wealthy gentleman to own wine stamped with their own seal.
Date
between 1680 and 1700
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1680-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 257645 Old ref: BERK-D3B311 Filename: onion bottle.jpg
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