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Bottled in Illinois : embossed bottles and bottled products of early Illinois merchants from Chicago to Cairo, 1840-1880

Title
Bottled in Illinois : embossed bottles and bottled products of early Illinois merchants from Chicago to Cairo, 1840-1880 / Kenneth B. Farnsworth, John A. Walthall ; with historical research contributions by David Beeler [and others].
Author
Farnsworth, Kenneth B.
Publication
Urbana, IL : Illinois State Archaeological Survey, University of Illinois, ©2011.

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Additional Authors
Walthall, John A.
Description
xxiii, 792 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps; 29 cm.
Series Statement
Studies in archaeology ; no. 6
Uniform Title
Studies in archaeology (Urbana, Ill.) ; no. 6.
Subject
  • 1800-1899
  • Bottle industry > Illinois > History > 19th century
  • Beverage industry > Illinois > History > 19th century
  • Glass embossing > Illinois > History > 19th century
  • Bottles > Illinois > History > 19th century
  • Beverage industry
  • Bottle industry
  • Bottles
  • Glass embossing
  • Illinois
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 745-754) and index.
Contents
Study focus -- Sources of information -- Sources of misinformation -- Study organization, format, and terminology -- Descriptive format -- Abbreviated bottle-technology terms -- Abbreviated terms for commercial-data sources -- Terms used to describe bottle color, shape, and manufacturing technology. Colors ; Embossing and stamping ; Measurements and volumes ; Manufacturing-technology terms ; Body mold lines ; Body shape and style terms ; Base shapes, kick-ups, "decorations," and mold lines ; Shoulder shape and style terms ; Neck shape and style terms ; Lip styles ; Closures -- Study limits : the 40-year period bracketing the Civil War. Why begin the study at ca. 1840? ; Why end the study at ca. 1880? -- Products packaged in embossed glass and stamped stoneware bottles ; Study completeness : late additions to the text bottle listings ; Recently discovered bottles. Aurora ; Belleville ; Bloomington ; Cairo ; Chicago ; DeKalb ; Dixon ; LaSalle ; Mendota -- Glass-factory maker's marks on Illinois embossed bottles. Pre-1860 Illinois bottle manufacturers ; Post-1860 Illinois bottle manufacturers -- Changes in embossed-bottle manufacturing technology from 1840-1880 ; Pattern of embossed-bottle use in Illinois from 1840-1880. Assemblage patterns ; Antebellum product-use pattern -- [Geographic alphabetical list of places in Illinois where bottles were found].
ISBN
  • 9781930487239
  • 1930487231
LCCN
2011034770
OCLC
  • ocn752909821
  • 752909821
  • SCSB-14500590
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Princeton University Library