Toilet bottle

MediumGLASS

Dimensions7 × 2 1/2 in. (17.8 × 6.4 cm)

Object number1945.19.28

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionOne of a pair cobalt blue toilet bottles, Maclay #208. Characteristic Stiegel shape, slender cylindrical body tapering to long slender neck with folded flange. Blown Tam o' Shanter stoppers to match. Shade of blue rare in these bottles. (Collection of Herbert Lawton).ProvenanceFrom the Alfred B. Maclay collection sold at auction in 1939.

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