Looks like glue bottles - what association or context do you have?

Stephen P. Austin (CESWF-EV-EC)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Wheaton, New South Associates
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> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 11:22 AM
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> Subject:      Glass Vessels
>
> New South Associates needs help identifying two glass vessels.  Please
> visit our site and tell us what you think.
>
> The bottles are hand blown in aqua glass, square at the bottom and round
> at
> the top.  They are 5 1/4 inches high and 2 1/2 inches wide.  A scanned
> image of one of these vessels can befound at New South's website, http://
> www.newsouthassoc.com.  The one not scanned is quite a bit more irregular
> than the scanned one.
>
> We need to know the function and relative age of these vessels, as well as
> references for these vessels.  It has been suggested that they are jars,
> with some sort of disc closure, perhaps initially sealed with wax.  The
> other suggestion is that they are tumblers.
>
> Please contact Susan Travis at [log in to unmask] if you have any
> ideas.  Thanks.
>
> Tom Wheaton  -  The views expressed in this post are mine and do not
> necessarily express the views of New South Associates or any other
> organization I am associated with.