Bouteille Glass Bottle, Popham Colony, ca. 1607
Contributed by Maine State Museum
Item 55348
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A nearly complete, but fragmentary bottle was recovered from one of the buttery postholes from the Popham Colony. This bottle has been reconstructed from the fragments.
It has a distinctive blue-green color and was flattened so that it has an oval cross section. The neck is not ribbed and the rim is unfinished, which means it was left the same way that it was when it was cut off the pontil. Although the neck was 2 mm thick, the body of the bottle was only 1 mm thick. It was likely that such a delicate bottle was covered and protected by a wicker covering. Fragments of wicker have been found with pieces of what appear to be very similar bottles at a 17th century site in France.
Other Information
- Title: Bouteille Glass Bottle, Popham Colony, ca. 1607
- Creation Date: circa 1607
- Subject Date: circa 1607
- Local Name: Popham
- Town: Phippsburg
- County: Sagadahoc
- State: ME
- Media: Glass
- Collection: Maine State Museum
- Object Type: Physical Object
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine State Museum
83 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333
(207) 287-2301
http://www.maine.gov/museum/index.html
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LC Subject Headings
Forts & fortification--Maine--Phippsburg
Historic sites--Maine--Phippsburg
Archaeology
Fort Saint George (Phippsburg, Me.)
Fortification--Maine--Phippsburg
Popham Colony--Antiquities
North America--Discovery and exploration
Bottles
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Maine's First Ship
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