DUPRS_0023 Rising Sun Brewery Bottle

DUPRS_0023 Rising Sun Brewery Bottle

Rising Sun Brewery Bottle

The artifact is the bottom of a glass bottle. It is a dark amber-brown color and has a diameter of 6.5 centimeters. The break is sharp, clean, and strictly angled. At its shortest point, the bottle is 5 centimeters tall and at its tallest point 11 centimeters. Respectively, the glass is 3/4 centimeters thick and 1/2 centimeters thick on the opposite side. The bottom base of the bottle contains the words “Karl Hutter New York” and in the center of the words is the number 13. The side of the bottle features an oval circle that contains the words “Elizabeth NJ”, the letters “RIS” and a single letter “N”. In the center of this oval and the center of these words is a mark “RSBCO” inscribed on top of one another.

The artifact was produced at the Rising Sun Brewery Co. in Elizabeth N.J. between 1887 and 1920. There is no information on Karl Hutter.

Selective Surface collection, Central Stanley Park, Historic Chatham Township (modern Summit, New Jersey)

Drew University, Department of Anthropology, Drew University Passaic River Survey

Between 1887 and 1920

Amy Zavecz

Glass