Flask

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Object Name: 
Flask
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
64.4.10
Dimensions: 
H: 14 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1704-1774
Primary Description: 
Deep purple lead (?) glass; pattern-molded. Ovoid shape patterned in a dip mold with twelve diamonds around body; short narrow neck; rough pontil mark on slightly pushed in base.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Rose, James (1899-1975), Source
Color: 
deep purple
Technique: 
pattern-molded

Publications (2)

Glass Bottles, Lamps & Other Objects (1983) pl. 47, third from left; BIB# 22375
Treasures in Glass (1966) p. 52, #96; BIB# 28036