Wine bottle: C/G.3-1928

Current Location: Mezzanine Landing

Maker(s)

Glassworks: Unknown

Entities

Wine bottle

Description

Dark green glass with a high kick. Stamped with a seal of a mermaid surrounded by ANTHONY HALL IN OXFORD, 1685'

Notes

History note: Unknown before testator

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 5 1/2 in
Height: 6 1/4 in

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

17th Century, Late
Charles II
Production date: AD 1685 : date 1685

Note

Anthony Hall junior (active 1675-1691) took over Mermaid Tavern, Oxford in 1675 after father's death.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Green glass

Techniques used in production

Blowing : Dark green blown glass

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: seal stamped with a mermaid

Text: ANTHONY HALL, in OXFORD, 1685
Location: On bottle
Method of creation: Stamped
Type: Seal

References and bibliographic entries

Glass at the Fitzwilliam Museum page(s): p. 91
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Wine-Bottles of Oxford Taverns page(s): pp. 44-55
Oxonesia and the Study of Early Wine-Bottles: A New Example Dated 1659 page(s): pp. 342-46
The Glass Cone (Spring 1991)

Related exhibitions

Glass at the Fitzwilliam Museum

Identification numbers

Accession number: C/G.3-1928
Primary reference Number: 26858
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts