Name/Title
Amethyst colored glass liquor bottle from the Blake-Dyer family, before WWIEntry/Object ID
1995.134.13Description
Acc. No. 95.134.13
Subject Category: HOUSEHOLD
Date or Period: BEFORE WW I
Object: BOTTLE; Liquor
Description:
AMETHYST-COLORED, TWO SEAMS, GLASS LIQUOR BOTTLE WITH SCREW TOP. THE BOTTLE IS FLAT-SIDED FOR LABELING (LABEL IS MISSING). BASE OF BOTTLE, IN EMBOSSED LETTERING, STATES "PATENTED." THE GLASS WAS ORIGINALLY CLEAR, BUT EXPOSURE TO THE SUNLIGHT CREATED AN AMETHYST COLOR.
SIZE: 6-1/2" L.
History of Object:
WHISKEY FLASK FOUND IN THE BASEMENT OF THE BLAKE-DYER RESIDENCE, 2008 CLINTON AVENUE, ALAMEDA, CA.
Acquired from:
DOROTHY R. DYER
Date: 17 JUN 95
