flask

Object NameFlask

Pattern Number

GI-107

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1850-1859

TechniqueMold-blown

SizeH: 23.6 cm

Accession Number60.4.111

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

American Historical Flasks

Place Made

United States, NJ, Fisherville

Physical DescriptionAquamarine glass; mold-blown; broad collar, smooth with circular depression, pontil mark also. Obverse: Jenny Lind, three-quarter view, turned to left, wearing broad plain bertha. The bust is not within a wreath and is quite different from that on any other Jenny Lind calabash bottles. Arrangement of hair different, neck more slender and lower cut bodice. At lower edge of bust, very fine scalloping, and small wreath below. Reverse: view of Glass House entirely different from that on any other Jenny Lind calabash bottles. Smoke from chimney blows to left instead of right. Beneath glass house is a row of barrels, kegs and boxes with faintly outlined decorative flourishes beneath. Inscription: "JENNY LIND" above bust within faintly outlined frame; reverse - "FISLERVILLE GLASS WORKS" above glass house within faintly outlined frame of ribbons. Edges: vertically fluted edges.
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