Scottish Bottles and Flasks
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of over 60 Scottish bottles and flasks which date from 1713 to the 1980s. This collection includes a range of glass bottles including large storage bottles for wine and liquor, small commercially produced bottles for consumable liquids and poisonous chemicals, and larger apothecary’s bottles. Some 48 pieces have excellent provenance to Scotland – having been made, customized, used, imported and washed or dug up in Scotland. In 1937 20 pieces were donated from the Fleming collection, while the remaining 28 are dated to the 19th century. There are 11 bottles dating from between 1833 and 1886 which are chip engraved – customized to commemorate significant dates in personal life and public duties. Another three liquor bottles are hand painted with designs indicating their use while others are embossed. More contemporary pieces in the collection include five hand crafted art glass perfume bottles made by Perthshire Paperweights, Ed Inglehart and Hourglass in the late 1970s, and an ashtray in the form of a melted Teacher’s Whisky bottle made by Strathearn Glass in 1979. Glassworks represented include Alloa, Dumbarton and Kilmarnock whilst associated locations include Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeenshire, Hamilton and Rhu.
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