Possible maker
Mount Vernon Glass Works
(active 1810 - 1844)
Related person
William Henry Harrison
(American, 1773 – 1841)
Log cabin bottle with cork
possibly ca. 1840
Place madeMount Vernon, New York, United States
Glass, cork
Overall: 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 14 x 9.5 x 7 cm )
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
1953.373
This Log Cabin bottle is a memento of William Henry Harrison's 1840 "Log Cabin and Hard Cider" presidential campaign.
DescriptionDeep olive-green non-lead glass log cabin bottle blown in a multi-part mold (McKearin GVII-1) with broad sloping collar, hipped roof with vertical ribs and sides with horizontal ribs, rectangular panel on obverse with inscription "TIPPECANOE;" rectangular panel on reverse with inscription "NORTH BEND;" pontil mark on base.Markingsin relief: on obverse: "TIPPECANOE"
in relief: on reverse: "NORTH BEND"
ClassificationsGLASS
