18th Century Onion Bottle

18th Century Onion Bottle

Rare and unique 18th-century Dutch, bubbly onion wine bottle is made of amber glass with a pontil scar and is a 56 oz bottle with applied rings on the neck. This amazing bottle was owned by Lieutenant Lawrence Harrison of Augusta County, Virginia.  In 1776, he enlisted in the 9th Virginia Regiment with Captain William Henderson’s Company for Augusta County. Companies were recruited men from Accomack, Northampton, Goochland, Albemarle, and Augusta Counties. Field officers at Valley Forge were Colonel George Mathews, Lt. Colonel Burgess Ball, and Major John Fitzgerald. He served in the northern campaign, the southern campaign and at the Siege of Yorktown. On the 28th of November 1796, Lieutenant Harrison was a awarded a pension warrant for 3111 acres in Ohio for his 7 years of service as a Lieutenant in the Virginia Continental line. He located to his Ohio property with his family.

Provenance:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Harrison Family, Circleville, Ohio;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Ed Louer, Williamsville, Ohio;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Gordon Barlow, Swoope, VA (2002)