Green Wine Bottle Neck & Base Fragments (Archaeological Find)
Title:
Green Wine Bottle Neck & Base Fragments
Subject:
5th December, 1824
Ezekiel has recently procured some wine for the feast tonight. We have to make sure to dispose of the bottles discretely once we have finished, as we want neither the masters nor the tutors to discover that we have been clandestinely imbibing alcohol. Perhaps we ought to bury it in the yard. This will be our last celebration together before we each make the journey home for Christmastime. In my forefathers’ time I would have solely trained to have been a minister, and might have even presided over mass during these winter months – but I have other ideas for myself once I complete my education. I seek a life of adventure, passion and meaning; this is due, no doubt, to the influence that the new school of thought, transcendentalism, has had over me. I do not feel it to be intrinsically evil to seek out the pleasure that God has made possible for men to feel; I believe there is good in all natural things, including the drinking of wine. So long as Jesus himself drank it, it is good enough for me. I feel my spirit is stifled by the institution that I am a part of; its piety and stringency poison my soul and run contrary to what I know in my heart to be true; that the way to know God and to be good is to not deny the beauty of nature and the wonders of his creation, but to embrace them.
John Edward Willis
Creator:
Michael F. Hissey
Source:
Works Cited:
"An 18th Century Cult Wine's Revival." Great Wine News. Accessed May 02, 2017. http://greatwinenews.com/an-18th-century-cult-wines-revival/.
Burgess, Keith H. "A Woodsrunner's Diary." 18th Century Bottles and Cork Stoppers. Accessed May 02, 2017. http://woodsrunnersdiary.blogspot.com/2014/08/18th-century-bottles-and-cork-stoppers.html.
Hume, Ivor Noël. A Guide to Artifacts of Colonial America. Philadelphia, PA: University of
Pennsylvania Press, 2001.
"Wine Bottle." Museum of London | free museums in London | things to do in London. Accessed May 02, 2017. http://collections.museumoflondon.org.uk/online/object/443877.html.
Object Name:
Green Wine Bottle Neck & Base Fragments
Inventory Description:
Green Wine Bottle Neck & Base Fragments
Peabody Number:
2016.29.751
Culture/Period:
Early 18th Century
Intrasite:
H934 Level 2
Depth:
56 cm
Class 1:
Glass
Class 2:
Bottle Glass
Class 3:
Base, Neck
Quantity:
4
Height (cm):
4.8
Width (cm):
4.3
Depth/Thickness (cm):
0.4
Notes:
Green Bottle Glass Base & Neck Fragments