Bottle base
- Title:
- Bottle base
- Collection:
- Selections from the Cornell Anthropology Collections
- Donor:
- Prof. Emeritus Robert Ascher, one of the principal excavators
- Date:
- ca. 1835-1865
- Site:
- Cumberland Island,Camden,Georgia,United States
- Location:
- Cumberland Island,Camden,Georgia,United States
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- Anthr1983_002_0133_01
- Old Catalog Number:
- 983.2.133
- File Name:
- Anthr1983_002_0133_01.jpg
- Culture:
- antebellum
- Work Type:
- wine bottles
- Materials/Techniques:
- glass
- Subject:
- slavery
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bottles - Measurement:
- 83 (at base) (millimeters, diameter)
- Description:
- Three pieces together comprising the bottom of a wine-bottle. Glass is "black glass" (very deep green). The conical shape of the "punt" on this base suggests a date around the 1850s, which is consistent with the quality and color of the glass and its lack of surface patination. The scratching where the base would rest on a surface suggests that it may have been used for an extended period as a vessel standing upright on a table or other surface, whether as a water-bottle, vase, or cut down to make a drinking glass. This kind of adaptive re-use of bottles was widespread, but probably especially so among the slave population.
- Bibliography:
- Robert Ascher and Charles H. Fairbanks, "Excavation of a Slave Cabin: Georgia, U.S.A." Historical Archaeology 5 (1971), pp.3-17.
- Archival Collection:
- Georgia Slave Cabin archaeological collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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