GIX-44
Object NameScroll Flask
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1830-about 1840
Place MadeUnited States
Techniquemold-blown
SizeH: 19 cm
Accession Number60.4.435
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionOlive yellow glass; mold-blown; plain lip, circular pontil mark with brownish residue. Obverse: so-called corset-waisted; large frame formed by ribs, scrolled at the top and looped at the bottom, giving an ogival effect. Large pearl shaped ornament at top of frame; two similar large pearl shaped ornaments below each curved line of the inner frame; two similar pearls either side of upper line of frame below top scrolls; the inner frame terminates in long oval ornament within each and similar oval ornament within each loop at bottom of frame; five-petaled motif below each end of frame at base.Provenance
Source
McKearin Antiques
