. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 79.—Bottle seals. (Sec ill. 36.) Bii;iol glasshouses introduced cylindrical brass ;-' From then on the problem of stacking bot- tles in bins was sohed and virtually all round beverage bottles thenceforward were cylindrical with long necks. At Marlborough the earliest form of wine botde is represented by a squat neck and a base fragment (USNM , ill. 35), both matching onion- shaped bottles of the turn of the century, such as one excavated at Rosewell (USNM ). Except for these fragments, the oldest form from Marlboroug
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 79.—Bottle seals. (Sec ill. 36.) Bii;iol glasshouses introduced cylindrical brass ;-' From then on the problem of stacking bot- tles in bins was sohed and virtually all round beverage bottles thenceforward were cylindrical with long necks. At Marlborough the earliest form of wine botde is represented by a squat neck and a base fragment (USNM , ill. 35), both matching onion- shaped bottles of the turn of the century, such as one excavated at Rosewell (USNM ). Except for these fragments, the oldest form from Marlborough -"^ "Old English Wine Bottles," The Wine and Sfiirit Trade Record (London, Decemter 17, 1951), pp. 1570-1571. may be seen in the complete bottle found in refuse pit D (USNM ; fig. 78, ill. 37). This bottle is typical of the transitional form, sealed examples of which regularly occur bearing dates in the 1730's. Its sides are straight for about three inches above the curve of the base, tapering slightly to the irregular shoulder that curves in and up to a neck with wedge- shaped string ring. Two inches above the base is a seal, bearing the initials i9m above a decorative device and the date 1737. The arrangement of initials exactly matches that found on Mercer's tobacco-cask seals (p. 30 and footnote 89) indicating the "home plantation" at Marlborough. 148. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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