flask

Object NameMold Half for Flasks

Maker Stebbins and Stebbins

Made FromBrass, Iron

Dateabout 1824

Place MadeUnited States, CT, Coventry

TechniqueCast, tooled

SizeOverall H: 20.1 cm, W: 12 cm, Diam (incl. handle): 17.3 cm

Accession Number93.7.3

Credit LineGift of Gladys W. Richards and Paul C. Richards

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Out of the Mold

Ennion and His Legacy: Mold-Blown Glass From Ancient Rome

On ViewAmerican Gallery

Physical DescriptionBrass, iron; cast, tooled. Shallow rectangular shape, made of cast brass and incised with "LAFAYETTE" above the profile of a man facing left with "COVETRY/ C. T." below. All lettering is in reverse: long edges have vertical ribbing and indentations for lugs to received matching lugs from other half of mold. A separate collar of cast iron has been added to inside of neck section to make it smaller and a triangular piece of cast iron with a long handle ending in a loop has been added to back of mold.
Provenance

Source Gladys W. Richards - 1993-10-01

Former Collection Paul C. Richards - 1989-04-26-1993-10-01

Former Collection David Arman - 1989-04-26

Former Collection Joseph Fliegel