Name/Title
Water Pitcher and Stopper, Ca. 1910Entry/Object ID
1975.28.1Description
ACC. NO. 75.28.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
DATE OR PERIOD: 1910?
OBJECT: WATER BOTTLE
DESCRIPTION: WATER BOTTLE (OR PITCHER) WITH STOPPER. NICKEL PLATED HANDLE, SPOUT AND STOPPER. BODY OF JUG ENAMELED YELLOW PAINT. BLUE ENAMELED LINER. SIGNED ON BOTTOM "STANLEY INSULATING CO., GREAT BARRINGTON, MASS., U. S. A.
SIZE: HEIGHT, 10". ACROSS BASE, 5"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: FOUND IN THE HOME OF HENRY V. HERBERT, 1433 MORTON STREET, ALAMEDA. NOW DEMOLISHED. MR. HERBERT WAS AN ATTORNEY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PACIFIC. HE DIED ABOUT 1912.
ACQUIRED FROM: MRS. ZIVIELLO
DATE: OCT 4, 1975
NOTE: NOTE ACCOMPANYING BOTTLE SAID THAT IT WAS USED AT EARLY COUNCIL MEETINGS. BUT THIS THEORY HAS NO DOCUMENTED PROOF.
