flask

Object NameFlask

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1700-1750

Place MadeFrance

Techniquemold-blown, threaded, combed; turned metal mount

SizeOverall H: 19 cm

Accession Number59.3.9

Credit LineGift of Ernest E. Kofler

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionTransparent dark blue, opaque white non-lead glasses; mold- blown, threaded, combed; turned metal mount. Tall, flat-sided form, of octagonal cross-section; rounded shoulders; short neck with flared rim, mounted with a pewter cap with short, threaded sleeve, and the loose, annular, threaded base of the cover; trailed white threads in four zones, trailed into a feathery pattern; concave base with rough pontil mark.
Provenance

Source Ernest Koffler-Truniger - 1959