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Table Glass Vessel Forms

--- Stemmed Glasses---

--- Baluster Stems (Includes heavy baluster, baluster and balustroid stems) ---

18CV60 Angelica Knoll
c. 1680-1750

Colorless leaded glass wine glass stem
fragment with inverted baluster.  Falls into
Heavy Baluster category defined by Bickerton
1986 and dated c. 1685-1710.

Colorless leaded glass wine glass stem
fragment with flattened knop (Bickerton
1986:23). Heavy baluster period c. 1685-
1710 Bickerton 1986.

Colorless leaded glass wine glass
stem fragment.

18CV83 King’s Reach
Lot 168A

18CV91 Smith St. Leonard
c. 1711-1754

18PR175 Addison Plantation

18PR175 Oxon Hill Manor

18CV60 Angelica Knoll
c. 1680-1750

Colorless leaded stemmed glass with
annular knop over teared ball knop. Round
funnel shaped bowl. This shape dates this
vessel to ca. 1720-1750. Lot 2339.

Colorless leaded stemmed glass with
teared annular knop, pointed round funnel
shaped bowl and domed and folded foot.
This shape dates this vessel to ca.
1715-1735. Lot 2340 (stem), 2336 (base).

Colorless leaded stemmed glass with ball
knop and trumpet shaped bowl. This shape
dates this vessel to ca. 1700-1720.

18BA370 Todd�s Inheritance

18BC27 Federal Reserve
Feature 17  Privy (mid-19th century)

18BC32 H&S Bakery
Feature 21 Privy 19th c.

Colorless soda lime glass. Lot 21

Colorless leaded stemmed glass with
funnel shaped hexagonal bowl and bladed
knop; a form common of the early through
mid-nineteenth century. This type of lead glass
stemware was produced in both English and
American factories. Lots 96, 99; Vessel 36.

Colorless leaded stemmed glass with bucket
shaped bowl and bladed knop. This form
was common in the early through mid-
nineteenth century and produced in both
English and American factories.

--- Molded Pedestal Stems ---

18CV83 King’s Reach
c. 1690-1711

18CV91 Smith St. Leonard
c. 1711-1754

18PR175 Addison Plantation

Colorless leaded glass wine glass stem
fragment.  6-sided pedestal stem with
diamonds on the shoulders.  Also called
“Silesian”.  Pedestal stems typical of 1715-
1765 period (Bickerton p. 19).  Style
introduced c. 1714 with ascension of King
George I (Bickerton p. 24).  This example
probably dates from the 1720s to 1740s.
Lot 227C

“God Save King George” molded wine
glass. This glass has a “pedestal stem” which
is heavy, thick and tapers up to a flattened top;
a style that was popular for a short time
during the beginning of the 18th century.
The molded lettering around the top of the
pedestal says, “God Save King George”.
This glass was only produced for a short
period of time in honor of King George I’s  coronation in 1715. Complete example from
Museum of London, Wine or Cordial
Glass 1715-1717, image number: 007227

Colorless leaded stemmed glass with
“pedestal stem” which is heavy, thick and
tapers up to a flattened top;  a style that
was popular for a short time during the
beginning of the 18th century. This shape dates this vessel to ca. 1715-1730. Lot 9608

--- Air Twists and Opaque Twists ---

18AN39 Saunder’s Point
c. 1720-1800

18CV60 Angelica Knoll
c. 1680-1750

18DO58 Horne Point
c. 1670 - 1770s

Colorless leaded glass  wine glass with
a multiple spiral thread outside vertical
cable  (Bickerton 1986:355). English,
c. 1745-1770 (Bickerton 1986:19).

Colorless leaded stemmed glass with
a multiple spiral air twists (Bickerton
1986:355). English, c. 1745-1770
(Bickerton 1986:19).

Colorless leaded stemmed glass with
opaque twist consisting of a single vertical
gauze (in center) and one spiral thread
outside gauze. Lot 1. Opaque twists common
1755-1780 (Bickerton 1896:20).

This example is similar to one pictured in Bickerton (1986:217, Figure 648) and dated circa 1765.

--- Faceted Stems ---

18BC33 Federal Site/Block 1370
Feature 20 – late 18th to early 19th century

18BC38 Clagett Brewery
Peters� Privy, late 18th to early
19th centuries

Colorless leaded stemmed glass. Conical/
funnel shaped bowl and octagonal vertically
fluted stem. Wheel engraved around rim and
gold painted design. Rim diameter: 2.25”.
This vessel falls into Bickerton’s (1986:20)
Facet Cut Stem category (1760-1810).

Colorless leaded stemmed glass with
hexagonal fluted stem and unfinished pontil.
Foot diameter: 2.5”. This vessel falls into
Bickerton’s (1986:20) Facet Cut Stem
category (1760-1810). 

Colorless leaded faceted stemmed glass
with hexagonal facet cut stem (c. 1760-1810).
Lot: 13, Provenience: 1H.549.13, Privy
Stratum 4. Bickerton (1986:20). This vessel
falls into Bickerton’s (1986:20) Facet Cut
Stem category (1760-1810).

18BC66 Shot Tower Metro Station
Feature 21 Privy filled c. 1790-1810; household of china merchant

18DO58 Horne Point
c. 1670 - 1770s

Colorless soda lime glass stemmed glass
with possible ogee shaped bowl, cut
stem. Empontilled.Foot diameter: 2.25”.
Lot 191-99.

Colorless soda lime glass stemmed glass
possible ogee shaped bowl, cut stem.
Empontilled. Foot diameter: 2.75”.
Lot 191-68.

--- Plain Stems ---               Plain stems common c. 1730-1775 (Bickerton 1986:13)

18AN39 Saunder’s Point
c. 1720-1800

18BC27 Federal Reserve


Colorless leaded stemmed glass with
round funnel bowl and plain stem.

Colorless leaded glass stemmed glass with
plain stem. Lot 26B-263. Probably had
a trumpet or conical shaped bowl.

Colorless soda lime glass cordial glass.
Funnel shaped bowl with plain straight stem
and conical foot. 3.75” tall , 2” rim diameter,
2.25” base diameter. Lot 455.

18BC27 Federal Reserve

18BC33 Federal Site/Block 1370
Feature 20 – late 18th to early 19th century

18BC51 Levering Coffee House

Colorless soda lime glass stemmed wine glass
with probable trumpet shaped bowl and plain
stem with tear-shaped air bubble. Characteristic
of c. 1730-1750 period (Bickerton 1986:13).

Colorless leaded glass wine glass with plain
stem and domed foot and folded foot ring.
Foot diameter: 3.0”. Folded foot ring began
to disappear around 1740.

Colorless soda lime glass wine glass.
Possibly ovoid bowl and teared plain
straight stem. Roughly finished pontil.

18BC38 Clagett Brewery
Feature 1 Peters’ Privy, late 18th to early 19th centuries

18BC62 Harrison’s at Pier 5

Colorless leaded glass stemmed vessel
with square bucket shaped bowl
(Bickerton 1986:29). Base diameter:
2.00”. Lot: 7, Provenience: 1G2.459.5,
Privy Stratum 2. Probably plain stem.

Colorless soda lime stemmed glasses with
plain stems. Base diameter: 2.36”. Lot: 14,
1HA.667.3 and 850.4, Privy Stratum 4.

18BC66 Shot Tower Metro Station
Feature 21 Privy filled c. 1790-1810; household of china merchant

Colorless leaded stemmed glass with conical
bowl, plain stem and folded foot. Empontilled.
Rim diameter: 2.25”; Vessel height: 4.25”.
Lot 186-64A.

Colorless leaded stemmed glass with conical
bowl, plain stem and folded foot. Empontilled.
Rim diameter: 2.50”; Foot diameter: 2.50”;
Vessel height:  4.50”. Lot 186-64B.

Colorless leaded stemmed glass with
conical bowl, plain stem and folded foot.
Empontilled.Rim diameter: 2.50”; Foot
diameter: 2.50”; Vessel height: 4.50”.
Lot 189-59.

--- Other Stemmed Glasses ---

18BC27 Federal Reserve

Feature 30 Privy (circa 1850-1870)

Colorless leaded stemmed glass.  Six-sided stem and panelled bowl.  This stemmed glass may have been a commercial
container initially containing jelly and meant to be re-used as a goblet. 3.25” base diameter. Yellowish color of vessel
believed to be due to post-depositional causes. Appears similar to early 1870s examples from the King Company
(Jones 2000:218). Mold seams apparent on base (see detail photo).

18BC27 Federal Reserve
Feature 38 Privy Late 19th to very
early 20th centuries

18BC62 Harrison�s at Pier 5

Colorless leaded stemmed glass with
scalloped foot. Lot 1033-26.

Gold stained glass cordial with white
enameled grape and leaves motif. Rim
diameter:  1.50”, Vessel height: 3.50”(based
on another example in the feature). Lot: 100

Colorless soda lime cordial stemmed glass
with molded button pattern. Base shows
three mold lines. Rim diameter:  2.00”,
Base diameter:  2.00”, Vessel height: 4.00”.
Lot: 100

Colorless leaded stemmed glass.  Press
molded oval dimples on body. Rim
diameter:  3.00”. Lot: 100.

--- Stemmed Glass Feet --

Colorless leaded glass wine glass folded
foot fragments. 2.5” diameter. Folded feet
most likely provided protection against
chipping.  They were common until around
1730-1740 (Bickerton 1986:34)

--- Tumblers ---

18BC27 Federal Reserve

Colorless leaded glass tumbler with press
molded “waffle” pattern. Height: 3.50”, Rim
diameter: 3.00”, Base diameter: 2.50”. This
pattern was produced by Boston & Sandwich
Glass Company and by Bryce, Walker &
Company in the early 1860s
(McCain 1982:450).

Colorless leaded glass tumbler with press
molded diamond diapering pattern. Rim
diameter: 3.50” Lot 302.

18BC32 H & S Bakery
Feature 21 Privy 19th c.

Example shown on right from Boston and
Sandwich Glass Co. and dated 1825-1840.
Collection of DeYong / Legion of Honor
Fine Arts Museum, San Francisco.

Colorless leaded glass tumbler.  Pontil has been
smoothed. height: 3.25”, base diameter: 2.5”.

Colorless leaded glass, probable tumbler.
Roughly finished glass tipped pontil.
2.5” base diameter. Lot 17

Colorless leaded glass tumbler. Contact
molded leaded glass in sunburst pattern and
ribbing. rim diameter: 3”, Lot 17. Blown three
mold glass (interior surface of vessel follows
pattern of exterior decoration – convex/
concave) (McKearin and McKearin
1989:244). Illustration on page 254.

18BC38 Clagett Brewery
Feature 1 Peters’ Privy, late 18th to early 19th centuries

18BC79 Ruth Saloon
Frances Whittington Privy c. 1829-1837

Colorless leaded glass tumbler. Rim
diameter: 3.00”, Base diameter: 2.75”,
Vessel height: 3.25”. Lot: 5, Provenience:
1G.393.2, Privy Stratum 2.

Colorless leaded glass tumbler, cut fluted
base. One of a set of 4 identical tumblers
from this assemblage. Fire damaged.  Base
diameter: 2.50”. Lot 325. Jones et al p. 59.

18BC66 Shot Tower Metro Station
Feature 21 Privy filled c. 1790-1810; household of china merchant

Tumbler of colorless soda lime glass.  Empontilled. Rim diameter: 2.75”,
Base diameter: 2.00”, Vessel
height: 3.25”. Lot 186-61A.

Base diameter: 2.13”, Vessel height: 3.50”.
Lot 187-36.

Colorless soda lime glass tumbler with
molded flat panels.  Empontilled. Rim
diameter: 3.00”; Base diameter: 2.25”;
Vessel height: 3.60”. Lot 190-56.

Tumbler of colorless soda lime glass with engraved wavy line on rim and
partial floral motif on side. Empontilled. Rim diameter: 3.00”, Base
diameter: 2.00”, Vessel height: 3.75”. Lot  187-39A.

Colorless soda lime glass tumbler with polychrome  enameled decoration of flowers and a bird perched on a heart.  Empontilled.
  Similar to Stiegel-type tumbler shown in McKearin and McKearin (1948:Plate 30)and to examples in Palmer (1993:88-89)
dated 177-1825. Rim diameter: 3.25”; Base diameter: 2.25”; Vessel height: 4.00”. Lot 190-58. Far right: Stiegel tumbler from
the Hunter Collection of Stiegel glassware. http://www.kellscraft.com/EarlyAmericanCraftsmen/EarlyAmericanCraftsmenCh07.html

18CV60 Angelica Knoll
c. 1680-1750

Colorless leaded glass tumbler.
Fluted. Ground pontil. 1.75” base diameter.

Colorless leaded glass cut and engraved
tumbler. Flutes on body of glass are cut.
Rim diameter:2.75”

Colorless leaded glass hollow (Tumbler
or wine glass) with wheel engraving.

18BC27 Federal Reserve

Colorless soda lime glass  tumbler or flip.
Pattern molded and wheel engraved below
rim with wavy line and a row of hatched
lozenges and dots.  Ribbed body and base.
Rim diameter: 3.5”, Base diameter: 2.25”.
Lot 251.

Colorless soda lime glass  tumbler or flip.
  Wheel engraved below rim with wavy line
and a row of hatched lozenges and dots.
3” rim diameter. Vessel 30
(Example on right from a private collection)

Colorless soda lime glass tumbler with
heavy base.  Not empontilled. 2.75” base
diameter. Lot 85, Vessel 35.

This motif was typical on drinking glasses produced by William Stiegel in Pennsylvania between 1763 and 1774 (McKearin and McKearin 1949). 

18BC27 Federal Reserve

18BC33 Federal Site/Block 1370
Feature 11 – Privy fill dated to 3rd
quarter of 19th century

Colorless soda lime glass press molded
beaded diamond tumbler. Height: 3.75”,
Rim diameter: 2.75”, Base diameter: 2.50”.

Colorless leaded glass tumbler.  Raised
horizontal lines encircling body.  Empontilled
base. Base diameter:  2.50”. Lot: 234

Colorless soda lime molded tumbler
with flutes along the base. Rim
diameter: 2.62”; Base diameter: 2.0”;
Vessel height: 2.88”.

18BC38 Clagett Brewery
Peters’ Privy, late 18th to early 19th centuries

18FR134 Schifferstadt Site
Feature 4 Privy (c. 1830-1860)

Colorless soda lime tumbler, wheel
engraved. Cut flutes along base, fire polished pontil. Rim diameter:  3.12”, Base diameter: 2.36”, Vessel height: 4.00”. Lot: 13,
Provenience: 1H, Privy Stratum 4

Colorless soda lime  tumbler. Smoothed pontil.Vessel rim:  4.50”, Vessel base: 3.25”, Vessel height: 5.75”. Lot:  15, Provenience: 1H1.610.1, Privy Stratum 4

Colorless soda lime tumbler, rough pontil
mark. Vessel Height: 3.25”, Rim Diameter:
2 5/8”, Base diameter:  3.00”. Lot: 537

18BC79 Ruth Saloon
Frances Whittington Privy c. 1829-1837

Soda lime glass tumbler empontilled inside and outside. 3.5” tall; 2.75” rim diameter. Lot 326.

Panelled Tumblers

-------------------- 18BC27 Federal Reserve --------------------

Colorless soda lime glass tumbler with panels.
2.5” rim diameter; 2” base diameter. Lot 253.

Colorless leaded glass panelled tumbler.
Octagonal base. 3.5” vessel height;
3.25” rim diameter; 2.5” base diameter.

18BC27 Federal Reserve

18CV13 Brewhouse

Feature 30  Privy (circa 1850-1870)

Colorless leaded glass panelled tumbler.
7-sided base.3” height, 3.5” rim diameter,
2.25” base diameter (widest point).The
yellowish color to this vessel is believed to be caused by post- depositional factors.

Colorless leaded glass tumbler.
Panelled, 8-sided.

18FR134 Schifferstadt Site
Feature 4 Privy (c. 1830-1860)

Colorless soda lime glass tumbler, panelled,
six sided base. Vessel height: 3 7/8”; Rim
diameter: 3 3/8”; Base diameter: 2 5/8”;
Lots 529, 532, 533.

Colorless leaded glass, unknown vessel
form. Panelled. Octagonal base, finished
pontil.Vessel height: 2 1/16”, Rim diameter:
1 ½”, Base diameter:  1 ¾”. Lot 533.

Packer’s Tumblers

18BC27 Federal Reserve
Feature 38 Privy 1870-1910
Aged Home for Colored Men and Women of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Tumbler (Packer’s Tumbler) of colorless
soda lime glass. Fluted/ribbed decoration near
base and molded on the interior of the glass.
Rim diameter:  3.00”; Lot 347.

Decorative Style:  Commercial container
re-used as a tumbler.

Tumbler (Packer’s Tumbler) of colorless
soda lime glass. Three rows of fine vertical
ridges near finish. Rim diameter:  2.75”;
Lot 354. North American, possibly
Dominion Glass Company, Canada.

Decorative Style:  Commercial container
re-used as a tumbler. Anchor cap (fine
vertical lines) closure.  Anchor Cap
introduced in 1908 and made into
1960s (Jones 2000:119).

Tumbler (Packer’s Tumbler) of colorless
soda lime glass. Three rows of fine vertical
ridges near finish and fluted decoration near
base. Rim diameter: 3.00”. Lot 355.
North American, possibly Dominion Glass
Company, Canada

Decorative Style:  Commercial container re-used
as a tumbler.  Anchor cap (fine vertical lines)
closure.  Anchor Cap introduced in 1908 and
made into 1960s (Jones 2000:119).

18CV13 Brewhouse
Lot 2 – part of a large assemblage discarded under the house in the early 20th century and found during renovation

Tumbler (Packers’ Tumbler) of colorless
soda lime glass. 2” base diameter, 3.5” height.

Decorative Style: Commercial container re-used
as a tumbler. (Jones 2000:219).

Tumbler (Packer’s Tumbler) of colorless
soda lime glass. North American, possibly
Dominion Glass Company, Canada

Decorative Style: Commercial container re-used
as a tumbler.  Anchor cap closure.  Anchor Cap
introduced in 1908 and made into 1960s.
(Jones 2000:119).

Colorless soda lime glass molded tumbler
(Packer’s Tumbler). Ribbed/fluted motif
along base. 4” tall, 2.75” rim diameter.
North American, possibly Dominion Glass
Company, Canada

Decorative Style: Commercial container
re-used as a tumbler.

18CV13 Brewhouse
Lot 2 – part of a large assemblage discarded under the house in the early 20th
century and found during renovation

Colorless soda lime glass tumbler,
probably a Packer’s Tumbler.
3.75” tall, 3.0” rim diameter.

Colorless nonleaded glass tumbler,
probably Packer’s Tumbler. Fluted at base
and acid etched band near rim. 3.5” tall,
2.75” rim diameter.

Other Beverage Vessels

18BC27 Federal Reserve
Feature 30  Privy (circa 1850-1870)

18ST704 Charles Gift

Courtesy Naval District Washington,
Naval Air Station Patuxent River

Colorless leaded glass vessel, probable
firing glass or dram glass. 2” base diameter. Empontilled. Lot 326.

The thicker base/foot of a firing glass allowed it to
be rapped on the table without fear of breaking.

Colorless leaded glass blown hollow
vessel, possibly footed beaker or dram
glass. Lot 545.

18BC27 Federal Reserve
Feature 26 Privy (late 18th to early 19th century)

Colorless soda lime glass mug with applied strap “arc” or D-shaped handle. Cylindrical form
with flaring base and rough pontil.  4.5” vessel height; 3.25” base diameter.

A similar mug with 18th-century Stiegel-style motifs is shown in McKearin and McKearin
(1989 Plate 22), although the handle and vessel shape were also typical of 18th-century
Continental glass (McKearin and McKearin 1989:53).

Colorless soda lime glass mug with strap
handle and narrow band of applied purple
or dark blue glass along rim. 4.75” vessel
height; 3.5” rim diameter; 3.25” base diameter.

The Amelung New Bremen Glass manufactory
outside of Frederick Maryland (ca. 1785-1795)
made similar vessels (Noel Hume 1976:188)

18BC27 Federal Reserve
Feature 26 Privy (late 18th -19th century)

18BC38 Clagett Brewery
Peters’ Privy, late 18th to early
19th centuries

18BC80
Privy, F19A, late 19th- to early 20th-century, African American neighborhood

Colorless soda lime glass handled mug.
Empontilled. 2.75” base diameter. Lot 254.

Colorless leaded glass mug with
drawn handle.  Six-sided base.Rim
diameter: 2.75”, Base diameter: 2.00”,
Vessel height: 3.00”. Lot: 100.

Amber transparent press molded glass “Bird on Branch mug; part of Beaded Handle
set produced by the Bryce Brothers in the 1880s, when the company may have been
known as Bryce, Walker & Co.  The Brewhouse mug is missing its pleated skirt base.
Complete examples on right from a private collection.

This mug was made in a three-part mold with the mold seams hidden in the trunks of the trees.
Handles pressed in the mold rather than separately applied began in the 1870s.

Colorless soda lime press molded cup in strawberry diamond fan pattern.  Similar pattern on cup set on right from private collection.

--- Bowls, Cruets, Decanters ---

Bowls

18BC38 Clagett Brewery
Peters’ Privy, late 18th to early
19th centuries

18BC79 Ruth Saloon
Frances Whittington Privy c. 1829-1837

18CV13 Brewhouse
Lot 2 – part of a large assemblage
discarded under the house in the early
20th century and found during renovation

Colorless leaded cut glass hollow vessel
(bowl?) with scalloped rim. Rim diameter:
5.00”. Lot: 14, Provenience: 1HA.671.105,
Privy Stratum 4.

Colorless leaded press molded dish in Early
Heart and Sheaf of Wheat pattern with
scalloped rim (McKearin and McKearin
1989:356). Damaged by fire. Rim diameter:
5.50”, Height:1.00”. Lot: 324

Early Heart and Sheaf of Wheat patterns were
probably first produced before 1830 McKearin
and McKearin 1989:356).

Colorless soda lime  press molded 3-sided
nut dish. Similar to pattern Ellrose (paneled
button and daisy) by  George Duncan &
Sons or US Glass Company c. 1885-1898.
Complete example on right from private coll.

18CV13 Brewhouse
Lot 2 – part of a large assemblage discarded under the house in the early 20th century and found during renovation

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Duncan-
Glass-EAPG-Square-4-1-2-x-4-1-2-
Mardi-Gras-Fruit-Berry-Bowl-dish-NR-/361833782899?hash=item543ef95e73:
g:z70AAOSwXeJYJo3I

Colorless soda lime press molded hollow
vessel, probable bowl or compote with
scalloped rim and faceted button panels. Rim
diameter: 6.00”. Similar to George Duncan
& Sons #44 “Button Panel” c. 1893-1900
(McCain 1982:190).

Right: butter lid in similar pattern made by
George Duncan and Sons and Company,
Washington, Pennsylvania (1893-1900)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Button-Panel-Butter-Lid-Duncan-Glass-EAPG-/152058033237

Colorless soda lime glass press molded glass square berry bowl or nappy, possibly in “Mardi Gras” pattern. Square dish, 4.00 x 4.00” dimensions.

Mardi Gras pattern first produced by George
Duncan and Sons and  Company (1893-1900);
continued by Duncan and Miller (c. 1900).
(McCain 1982: Figure 214).

18CV13 Brewhouse
Lot 2 – part of a large assemblage discarded under the house in the early
20th century and found during renovation

18FR134 Schifferstadt Site
Feature 4 Privy (c. 1830-1860)

Colorless leaded glass press molded oval dish with peacock feather motif and scalloped rim (McKearin and McKearin 1989:357). Dimensions: 7.00” x 5.00” x 1.25” tall.
  Lots 529, 531, 532, 533, 535. Early period pressed glass, circa 1827-1840. 
This motif is also sometimes called “horn of plenty”. Shown on right: Peacock feather
motif on a different pressed glass vessel for illustration purposes.

Decanters

18BC27 Federal Reserve
Feature 26 Privy (late 18th -19th century)

18BC32 H & S Bakery
Feature 21 - Privy 19th c.

Colorless soda lime glass decanter with
wheel engraving in star or sunburst type
motif. 2.5” base diameter. Empontilled
with Continental style base finishing
discussed in jones at al.

Colorless soda lime glass six-sided
contact molded castor or decanter. Molded
floral device on vessel base.  Base of vessel
has frosted appearance, possibly acid
etched. Lot 26B-248

Colorless leaded glass carafe or decanter
with cut ovals. Close-up shows ground
interior of neck for stopper.

18BC27 Federal Reserve
Feature 30  Privy (circa 1850-1870)

18BC50 Albemarle Row House
Dalrymple Privy (Feature 18) filled c. 1801-1816

Colorless leaded soda lime glass case bottle with cut decoration, empontilled.  Rectangular in cross section.  Bands of
shallow cut ovals outlining the shoulders and sides of the bottle, cut flower or star on front and back and large abstract flower on
each side. Vessel height: 11.50”, Base measurements: 4.75” x 3.00”. Lot 47G-347-7.

Case bottle sets were generally used for travel, but could also be used in the home (Palmer 1993:358).

18BC79  Ruth Saloon
Privy filled 1826-1837

18FR134 Schifferstadt Site
Feature 4 Privy (c. 1830-1860)

Colorless leaded glass contact molded
decanter in Arch and Fern pattern
(McKearin and McKearin 1989:271,
Plate 97). Empontilled base. Base diameter: 3.25”. Lots: 533-537. Similar to examples
produced by Boston and Sandwich Glass
Co., circa 1825-1835 (example on right).

The convex/concave relationship of the interior and
exterior shape of the vessel indicate that this vessel
was produced through contact molding. 18FR134

Cruets and Castors

18BC27 Federal Reserve
Feature 17  Privy (mid-19th century)

18BC27 Federal Reserve
Feature 30  Privy (circa 1850-1870)

Colorless leaded glass container, possibly a
cruet or castor. Hobnail motif, most likely
molded. Vessel 38, Lots 128/129. Hobnail
motif very similar to that used on pieces in
this circa 1809 cut glass English cruet set
(right). Seems popular in the first quarter to
first 4 decades of 19th c.

Colorless soda lime contact molded cruet or
castor. Ribbed body and glass tipped pontil
mark on base. Base diameter: 1.5”

Rayed Type I base (McKearin & McKearin
1989:261). Body bulges above  straight
cylindrical sides so it can fit in a condiment
stand. This type stand probably introduced
mid-19th century (Jones 2000:191).

Colorless leaded glass cruet. Six-sided
with starburst motif on base.
Base diameter: 1.50”.

18BC27 Federal Reserve
Feature 26  Privy (late 18th to early
19th centuries)

18BC32 H & S Bakery
Feature 21 - Privy 19th c.

18BC79  Ruth Saloon
Privy filled 1826-1837

Colorless leaded glass cruet with everted lip. Pattern molded in spiral motif. Rim
diameter: 1.25” . Lot 299

Colorless leaded contact molded cruet or
castor with ribbed decoration.  Glass
tipped pontil. Base diameter: 1.5”.
Lot 17, 21-L1-138

Left: Contact molded colorless  leaded glass castor or cruet; blown three mold.  Base diameter: 1.50”.  Right: Blown molded castor
set similar to vessel at left. Has two shakers
with period brass caps, and a mustard and
cruet bottle, with bull's-eye finial stoppers.
Sheet-iron and Britannia stand. Made by
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. and others.
1825-1835. Casters 4 1/2" to 5" .
  Private collection.

18FR134 Schifferstadt Site
Feature 4 Privy (c. 1830-1860)

51NW262 / Hyde-Addison Site
Former row house (mid-19th century - c. 1913), Washington, DC

Colorless soda lime glass contact molded
castor or cruet. Six-sided base. Base
diameter:  1.50”. Lot: 100.

Colorless glass caster. Vessel has cut
ovals along the base, body and neck, as
well as engraved. Floral and leaf
decoration on the body. The finish is
ground on the exterior of the lip, suggesting
that it once had a perforated metal top
and was used for sugar or pepper. The
narrow lower body of this vessel indicates
that it was part of a set that was stored
in a metal stand.

Salts

18BC27 Federal Reserve

Colorless leaded glass press molded
footed hexagonal open salt. Height: 2.5”,
Rim diameter: 3.00” (at widest point),
Base diameter: 2.00” (at widest point).
Right: top view looking down into cup.
The circular interior of the vessel does not
conform to the exterior shape of the vessel,
a characteristic of press molded vessels.

This salt is similar to one produced by Bakewell,
Pears and Company, circa 1868.

18BC66 Shot Tower Metro Station
Feature 21 Privy filled c. 1790-1810; household of china merchant

18BC79  Ruth Saloon
Privy filled 1826-1837

Colorless soda lime glass, possible salt
or dessert glass; pattern molded in double
ogee form, molded gadroon at bottom
of bowl and diamonds above. Base
diameter: 2.75”. Lot 187-45A.

Colorless soda lime glass, possible salt,
double ogee form (McKearin and
McKearin1948). Base diameter: 2.13”.
Lot 187-45.

Other Vessel Forms

18PR175 Oxon Hill

Colorless soda lime glass salt shaker. Screw
top, ground finish. Molded diamond motif.
Rim diameter: 1.50”, Base diameter:  1.75”,
Vessel height: 2.75”. Lot: 101.

Colorless leaded glass tazza. Rim diameter: 10.50”. Tazzas were made as table setting to
stand jellies, custards or sweetmeat on the top.

The first of complete examples on right is a tazza with a broad wide top, a folded and ribbed
edge, a writhen baluster stem and a high domed folded foot. Height: 5.1 inches. Top
Diameter: 11.8 inches, Foot Diameter 6.2 inches. The last example on right is a glass
tazza or syllabub stand from the 2nd half of the 18th century.  The wide dish has a raised
rim, above a flared folded foot, 11.00 “diameter. http://www.grahamsmithantiques.
com/object-dart-c11/glass-c12/large-georgian-glass-tazza-p1413.

Dessert Glass

Compote

18CV13 Brewhouse
Lot 2 – part of a large assemblage discarded under the house in the early 20th century and found during renovation

Similar to this compote from
a private collection

Colorless leaded lacy pressed molded
compote in “Nectarine” pattern, with
serrated rim. Rim diameter: 6.50”. Possibly
Boston and Sandwich Glass Co.,
c. 1825-1850 (McKearin and
McKearin 1989: Plate 157:3).

Lacy flint pressed glass has dots, diamonds or lines
comprising the background; produced in American
factories c. 1830-1850.

Colorless -- press molded compote lid in “Ribbed Ivy” pattern produced by Boston & Sandwich Glass Co., c. 1850. Shown to the
right is a Ribbed Ivy butter dish with lid
from a private collection.

Ribbed patterns were among the first mechanically
pressed patterns produced in extensive sets. The
pattern was introduced by Boston & Sandwich
Glass Company in the 1850s but produced until late
in the 19th century. It was made in an extended
table service.

Colorless soda lime press molded
compote lid.  

Lacy flint pressed glass has dots, diamonds or lines comprising the background;  produced in American factories c. 1830-1850.

Spooner

18AP14 Victualling Warehouse
c. 1737 - 1900 - Lot 548

Ruby stained glass spooner, acid etched with words “Ocean City, MD 1905
Grace Schumacher”. Scalloped rim. rim diameter: 3.5”.

Stained glass has color painted on a clear glass. Then it is refired so the stain fuses with the glass.
Stained glass is different from flashed glass, which   is clear glass dipped in a colored glass, then
pressed or cut.

Miscellaneous

18BC27 Federal Reserve
Feature 30 Privy (circa 1850-1870)

18BC33 Federal Site/Block 1370

18BC79  Ruth Saloon
Feature R-1 – Whittington Privy,
c. 1826-1837

Colorless soda lime knob to unknown
vessel form.  Horizontal ribs.  Blown in mold
(McKearin and McKearin 1989:272)

Colorless leaded glass stopper with
six-sided stem. Length:  3.25”.

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