BOTTLE, HOLY-WATER
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- GLASS, CORK, PEWTER
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116009
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- GLASS, CORK, PEWTER
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 6.3
- Length
- 6.3
- Width
- 4.5
- Description
- CLEAR GLASS BOTTLE WITH PEWTER STOPPER. SQUAT ROUND BOTTLE WITH FLAT BOTTOM AND NARROW CYLINDRICAL NECK. NECK HAS ROUNDED LIP. BOTTLE HAS SLIGHTLY RAISED SEAM ALONG SIDES. EMBOSSED IN GLASS ON ONE SIDE IN LARGE LETTERS IS "HOLY WATER" AND ON THE OTHER SIDE IS A FIVE POINT CROWN WITH CHRISTIAN CROSS INSIDE CROWN. BROWN CORK IS STUCK IN BOTTLE NECK. PEWTER STOPPER COMES FREE FROM CORK. STOPPER HAS FLARED RIM WITH STRIATED GROOVE PATTERN. STOPPER ALSO HAS HOLLOWED CENTER. GLASS BOTTLE HAS WHITE EVAPORATION DEPOSITS ON INSIDE.
- Subjects
- CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT
- Historical Association
- RELIGION
- HEALTH SERVICES
- History
- BOTTLE WAS TAKEN FROM THE CHAPEL OF ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON THE HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116009
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-01
- Collection
- Museum
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