Images(2)

flask

Object NameFlask with Hunting Scene

Enameler John Hazeldine

Made FromGlass, Enamel

Dateabout 1757

Place MadeEngland, possibly Birmingham

TechniqueBlown, Enameled, Tooled, Assembled

SizeOverall H: 4.8 cm, W: 7.9 cm, L: 16.2 cm

Accession Number97.2.1

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

This flask is one of the earliest known pieces of its kind. One side depicts a country scene of two horsemen on a rabbit hunt, and the other side shows a cartouche of purple scrolls enclosing the inscription "MAT.ew STUBS Esq. / 1757." The man who owned the flask may have carried it on the hunt. The decoration may be attributed to the workshop of the enameler John Haseltine of Birmingham, to whom William Beilby [see 50.2.8, 50.2.24] was apprenticed in 1755.

Physical DescriptionOpaque white, colored enamel; blown, tooled, enameled, assembled; the ovoid flask is made of opaque white glass. It has two flat sides, which are decorated with enameling, and a (restored) conical metal closure. The image on either side is oriented vertically to the base of the object. One side depicts an English country scene of a rabbit hunt. Two horsemen are charging from the right across a field; one of them is blowing a hunting horn. They are accompanied by a pack of hounds chasing a rabbit, seen on the far left. The image is surrounded by a frame of purple scrolls, which incorporates a mask surrounded by rays above the riders, probably personifying the sun. The reverse side is enameled with a cartouche of purple scrolls enclosing the inscription "MAT.ew STUBS Esq. / 1757."
Provenance

Former Collection Rachel Russell - 1997-02-11