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The art of glass
Glass 'Felix' bottle
Glass bottles were mass-produced containers.
The common square form was a particularly practical form of
packaging, but other shapes were also made. The bottles were blown
into moulds and so patterns and, sometimes, the
manufacturer's name could easily be incorporated on the
base.
Bottles of this
cylindrical, slightly barrel-shaped form are often called
'Frontinus bottles' after the name most often found
on them. The example shown here, however, was made by a glassmaker
named Felix.