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Bottle

RetailerSold by D L O & Son American
Date1860-1880
MediumWheel-thrown stoneware with a salt glaze and slip glaze
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x diameter): 10 x 3 5/8in. (25.4 x 9.2cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionBuff-colored stoneware bottle with a inverted conical rim and shoulder, a cylindrical body, and a flat bottom. The bottle is glazed on the exterior with a salt glaze and on the interior with a brown slip glaze, or Albany-type glaze. The mark "D L O & SON" is impressed on one side of the bottle, just above the shoulder. Some areas of the glaze are crazing or are a light brown color. There are two small chips and one larger area of chips in the rim.
Object number2005.25.0
MarkingsThe mark "D L O & SON" is impressed on one side of the bottle, just above the shoulder.
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