Wine bottle. Brown glass, shallow pontil, seamed shoulder and neck. Cork with red wax to seal mouth. Wine inside almost to shoulder level. Found by volunteers sometime during the early years of the James Buchanan Foundation. Bottle was found in the east end of the basement level in the Wheatland mansion.
Blown glass bottle with flared lip, short narrow neck and an eight panel body. Enamel painted flower decor in green, yellow, red and milk-white. Squiggle decoration. Glass is hand-blown crystal, thin and clear.
Greenish-brown glass with kick in bottom. Cork sealed in mouth of bottle with pinkish wax ('Red Seal') and copper wire. Old torn tag around neck 'Dennison Mfg. Co. Tag Mfrs. 25 & 28 Franklin St. Boston'. Label on bottle printed with '1827 Red Seal Madeira'
Clear glass bust of Queen Victoria wearing crown and necklace. Below circular blass bottom, a threaded neck extends. A threaded metal cap is set in the center top of the wooden base. The glass portion is screwed into the wooden base with opening for the perfumebottle at its base.
Whiskey bottle. Clear glass, very shallow kick, thick glass at mouth. Seams around shoulder and two sides, lip to shoulder. Made for cork closing. Two labels: On neck: Sickle-shaped, black border, red printing, 'The Whiskey That Goes Home' On body: Recta
Porcelain perfume bottle that is part of a five-piece dresser set. The bottle has a narrow neck and opening above the wider body. The exterior moth of the bottle is flat and white decorated with a narrow gilt band that surmounts the narrow neck of the pink-colored body of the bottle. The shoulder of the bottle features a wide, white band with a gilt foliate design. Below this band is a the remainder of the pink body. The lid to the bottle is a ball-shaped pink porcelain stopper.
Year Range From
1880
Year Range To
1900
Storage Location
Wheatland, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Northeast Bedchamber
Storage Wall
West Wall
Storage Cabinet
Dresser
Storage Shelf
Top Surface
Storage Container
Dresser set tray
Object Name
Bottle, Perfume
Height (cm)
11.43
Height (ft)
0.375
Height (in)
4.5
Depth (cm)
10.4775
Depth (ft)
0.34375
Depth (in)
4.125
Diameter (cm)
5.08
Diameter (ft)
0.1666666667
Diameter (in)
2
Dimension Details
Bottle base is the above diameter, the mouth diameter = 1.125"
Stopper Length = 2.25" and ball circumference = 2.25"
Blue cobalt toilet bottles. Opaque glass ball-topped stopper with gold dot on top. Flattish lip, long neck with foliate / berry painted design in white and orange. White wreath painted around shoulder with gold line band below.
