Corked Bottle. Material: glass, cork. Size: 2 1/2" diameter x 9 1/4" H. Description: green tinted clear glass - cylindrical shape - rounded bottom - narrow neck and opening - 3/4" L. cork stopper in bottle top.
Rounded bases were designed to do the opposite of most bottle bases - to ensure that the bottle was not left standing upright. The point behind the rounded bottom was to ensure that the bottle was left on its side so that the cork would not dry out and shrink allowing the contents to lose carbonation and/or evaporate (Riley 1958).
