Description: Handmade "Torpedo" ballast bottle found in water near Somesville landing in August 2009. Would have been used to carry fresh water on a ship; added ballast during voyage.
Description: Handmade ballast bottle found in water near Somesville landing in August 2009. Would have been used to carry fresh water on a ship; added ballast during voyage. Thinner glass at mouth of bottler than item 009.052.3
Description: Handmade ballast bottle found in water near Somesville landing in August 2009. Would have been used to carry fresh water on a ship; added ballast during voyage. Has thicker glass around mouth than item 009.052.2.
Description: Carter's Mucilage bottle. Carter Dinsmore & Co. Cork stopper. Red, yellow and black label intact. Thick brown substance inside attached to one side. Approx. 2.5 inches tall, 2 inches in diameter.
Description: Box with white woven design overall. Red/blue and pink/blue geometric paper border. On top boy in green coat with yellow scarf and boots with small dog ready to throw snowballs. Paper hinge. Paper lace inside.
Description: Covered with purple paper. Decorative gold paper in corners. Pastoral scene in oval frame in center of lid. Cooper or brass latch. Lace hinges inside. Sides lined with paper lace some torn. Under lid decorative paper covering sachet. Sits on four small legs 1/4” high.
Description: Round paper box with glass top. Top detached from box. Blue paper border with black and orange design. Brown dots chained together on edge of glass. Bottom pink.
Description: Square box, John Middleton fine tobaccos since 1856, club mixture. One side: has more imported Latakia than other blends retailing at such a moderate price. One side: the blending of fine tobaccos has been a Middleton family tradition for over 3 generations, signed by Herbert Middleton, President.. Maroon with yellow printing: