Bottle

This green glass bottle, dated 1849, was produced by the Alloa Glassworks in Clackmannanshire.

The front of the bottle is stipple engraved with a representation of Alloa Glassworks.

Glass-making was introduced to Alloa in 1750 by Lady Frances Erskine of Mar, whose family was influential in the town's history. The town has a preserved 19th century glass cone - a brick-built kiln which is the last of its kind in Scotland.

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• Online ID: 000-100-080-689-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.1994.1110
• Date: 1849
  
• Material: Green glass, stipple engraved. Inscription: Agnes Struthers / 1849
  
• Dimensions: 210 mm H x 140 mm DIA
  
• What:
• Subject:
• Who: Agnes Struthers
  Alloa Glassworks, Alloa (Maker)
  
• Where: Scotland, Clackmannanshire, Alloa
  Scotland, Clackmannanshire, Alloa (glassworks)
  
• Event:
• Description: Bottle of green glass, onion-shaped and stipple engraved with Alloa Glassworks and inscribed to Agnes Struthers, made by Alloa Glassworks, 1849
  
• References:
  • Keay, J. & J. (eds). Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland. London: HarperCollins, 1994, p 26. 
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