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flagon
flagon

flagon

Object NameFlagon
Made FromGlass
Date1900-1952
Place MadeEastern Mediterranean
Techniquebody blown in mold, tooled, applied handle
SizeOverall H: 14.4 cm, Diam (max): 6.1 cm
Accession Number52.1.73
Not On View
Physical DescriptionFlagon. Yellowish-green glass; transparent bluish-green glass with prominent opaque red streak; body blown in mold, tooled, applied handle. Flagon with cylindrical shape body; funnel-shape rim with rounded lip; short neck which splays towards bottom; sloping shoulder with rounded, slightly overhanging edge; vertical side, curving in at bottom; bluish-green trail wound once around rim at mid-point, with short, curving trail, which is mostly opaque red, above bluish-green and opaque red strap handle applied unevenly to shoulder and drawn up, then in to touch rim, down to neck and up again in "rat-tail" to lip; plain base with very small kick; circular pontil mark.
Provenance
Former Collection Clara Sobernheim (German, 1888-1963) - 1933-1952
Former Collection Sobernheim
Former Collection Moritz Sebastian Sobernheim (German, 1872-1933)
Berlin, Germany, before 1933
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