Eighteenth Century Container Glass From The Roma Site Prince Edward Island

The 18th-century container glass from the Roma site has been divided into three main categories, one secondary category and one miscellaneous category on the basis of a combination of features that include glassmaking tradition, country of origin, function and dating. The main categories are: utilitarian blue-green containers of the French wood-burning tradition; darkgreen liquor bottles of the French coal-burning tradition; and "black" glass liquor bottles of the English coal-burning tradition. The secondary category consists of small bottles resembling the French liquor bottles and believed to be their quarter- and half-sized counterparts. Objects unidentifiable by any of these standards are included in the miscellaneous category. A total of 156 identifiable objects were retrieved from the Roma site and are described in this report.

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The 19th-century glassware from the Roma site falls into nine major categories on the basis of function. In descending order of artifact concentration, these are: liquor bottles; medicinal bottles; miscellaneous glassware; perfume and cosmetic containers, and sauce bottles (equal quantities); lamp chimneys and mirrors (equal quantities); stoppers, and ink bottles. Approximately 100 identifiable objects are represented, the majority of which were excavated from the MacDonald store, although they do not necessarily date from its period of occupation. The collection is typical of the 19th century, and includes a cross-section of many of the types of utilitarian glasswares which were available at the same time and which could have been purchased at a general store. While some of the glassware may have been manufactured in Canada, it also appears to have been imported from the United States, England, and in one case, Scotland.

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