flask
Object Name2 Flacons
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1830-1850
Place MadeBohemia
TechniqueFree-blown, cased, cut
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number54.3.43
Credit LineBequest of Ellen D. Sharpe
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionClear and transparent green heavy glass; wear marks at base; free-blown, cased and cut. (a) Hexagonal thick foot with curved rim, hexagonal semispherical body ending in a remarkable flange (5/8" thick), hexagonal neck flaring towards flange and hexagonal rim; (b) conical stopper with high hexagonal finial enclosing a "tear" and consisting of a lower part flaring to a wide flange and an obelisk-shaped top; cut multipointed star at base, body and finial hexagonally cut, flanges of body and finial deeply scalloped, light green overlay cut off except for the panel-edges and the top and bottom parts of both flanges.Provenance
Source
Ellen D. Sharpe
- 1954-06-01
