Flask

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Object Name: 
Flask
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
50.4.54
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 16 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1785-1795
Primary Description: 
Flask. Non-lead glass, colorless of green tinge; flattened chestnut shape; expanded checkered-diamond design; rough pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
McKearin, George S. (b. 1874), Source
1950-07-31
Wood, Wilson, Former Collection
Color: 
green
colorless
Technique: 
mold-blowing
Material: 
glass

Publications (9)

Chemical Analyses of Early Glasses (Volume 1) (1999) pp. 189, 250; BIB# 61154
Chemical Analyses of Early Glasses (Volume 2) (1999) p. 433; BIB# 61154
Glass Bottles, Lamps & Other Objects (1983) illustrated, pl. 47, left; BIB# 22375
John Frederick Amelung and the New Bremen Glassmanufactory (1976) illustrated, pp. 118-119, fig. 56; BIB# AI6136
Treasures in Glass (1966) illustrated, pp. 56-57, #104; BIB# 28036
Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass (Bonanza Books edition) (1950) illustrated, pl. 1; BIB# 96725
Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass (Crown Publishers edition) (1950) illustrated, pl. 1; BIB# 76944
Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass (Doubleday edition) (1950) illustrated, pl. 1; BIB# 25299
American Glass (1948) (1948) illustrated, pl. 231; BIB# 25297