Bottle, Smelling

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Bottle, Smelling

Entry/Object ID

GHS 1472.6.1

Description

Clear purple (amethyst) colored glass vinaigrette bottle, cut into maltese? cross shape on both sides, gold screw on cylindrical "top" with thin gold ring, soldered on one end to top/stopper. 1.75

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

France?

Dimensions

Height

1-3/4 in

Width

1-1/16 in

Depth

5/16 in

Material

glass, gold

Provenance

Notes

Owner: Mrs. E.H. Hergesheimer Donated by Mrs. E. H. Hergesheimer, 11/12/1953. 113 W. Chestnut Hill Ave, 18. "Belonged to Elizabeth DePeyster. 2nd wife of Charles Willson Peale."