Bottle

Object/Artifact

New Museum Los Gatos

Name/Title

Bottle

Entry/Object ID

NU 2021.117

Description

A small clear bottle. The main body of the bottle is slightly square and slightly rounded, with a moderately long neck. There is an inscription embossed on one side of the body, which is detailed below.

Collection

History Collection

Cataloged By

registrar@numulosgatos.org

Made/Created

Time Period

19th Century

Place

City

Los Gatos

Region

Central California

Continent

North America

Notes

The Hunter Saloon was confirmed to be in operation the the late 1800s. The bottle appears to be hand-blown.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Makers Mark

Location

Front side of bottle

Transcription

THE HUNTER / SALOON / FRED H. MILLER / PROP. / LOS GATOS, CAL.

Language

English

Material/Technique

Embossed

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Bottle

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Vessel

Nomenclature Class

Containers

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Dimensions

Height

5-3/8 in

Width

3-1/4 in

Depth

1 in

Material

Glass

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Provenance

Notes

The tag indicates that the bottle was recovered from the Toll House outhouse, and that it was belonged to/was donated by Kenneth & Ramona, however, there is no last name provided for them.

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

A scan of a newspaper article about the Toll House was found with the bottle, but does not appear to mention the outhouse, or the donors/owners Kenneth and Ramona. A scan of this scan is attached to this record.