Refrigerator water bottle / flat flask, textured blue with green screw cap
Entry/Object ID
2025.11.59
Description
Flat, rectangular bottle with rounded corners and a short off-center neck closed by a faceted (multi-sided) pale-green screw cap. The body is colored turquoise/teal with an overall granular, "sugar"-pebbled surface texture; the front face carries molded low-relief ornament — a tall central elongated diamond/lozenge flanked by two slender diamond forms. The thin, flat profile is characteristic of a bottle made to stand or lie in a refrigerator door. The neck is smoother and glossier than the textured body.
Acquisition
Accession
2025.11
Acquisition Method
Purchase
Made/Created
Notes
Maker: Not determined — no marks on the visible surfaces.
Date: Undatable from the object; cannot be confirmed within 1959–1990 and may fall outside it (the mid-century "fridge bottle" form can predate 1959).
Place of Origin: Undetermined. No country-of-origin mark; could be domestic Cuban or imported.
Parts
bottle, cap
Materials
Material
Plastic
Material Notes
Materials: Body — textured glass or molded plastic (uncertain; tentatively frosted/textured glass by appearance). Cap — plastic, pale green.
Technique: Molded with integral relief ornament and an all-over granular surface; threaded neck with separate screw cap.
