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Courtesy Naval District Washington, Naval Air Station Patuxent River

 

 

Opaque white (lattimo) glass hollow vessel with pattern molded ribs. Although these fragments are too small to make a positive identification, the ribs may have been part of a form of decoration known as “nipt diamond waies” (Lanmon 2001:82). In this technique, adjacent vertical ribs were manipulated with pinchers to form a diamond pattern (Corning Museum of Glass). This form of decoration was used between circa 1690 and the 1740s (Hughes 1956:211). Lots 195 and 39. 18ST390.

 Colorless leaded jelly glass, English, c. 1720
18ST390 Mattapany Manor and Magazine