flask

Object NameFlacon with Stopper

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1830-1850

Place MadeBohemia

Techniquefree-blown, cased, cut, gilded

Size(a&b) H: 21.1 cm; (a) H: 12.8 cm; D (rim): 4.1 cm, (max.)(body): 10 cm

Accession Number54.3.51

Credit LineBequest of Ellen D. Sharpe

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionClear and opaque light green heavy glass; slight wear marks; free-blown, cased, cut and gilded. (a) Solid ring base with ground pontil mark, bell-shaped body separated from the slender concave neck with flaring rim by a ring; (b) conical stopper with finial consisting of a stemmed knop surmounted by an obelisk; rim of bottom of the body scalloped, body cut in bell- shaped panels and the knop cut in disks; the green overlay is decorated with gilded floral motifs, part of the scalloped bottom, the ring between body and neck and the rim are gilded.
Provenance

Source Ellen D. Sharpe - 1954-06-01