GIX-20
Object NameScroll Flask
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1845-1870
Place MadeUnited States
Techniquemold-blown
SizeH: 18.7 cm
Accession Number60.4.413
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionYellow green glass; mold-blown; plain lip, pontil mark. Obverse: large heart shaped frame with elaborate scrolls and containing two large stars, the lower between the scrolls six-pointed and resembling a six-petaled flower and the other star above upper scrolls slightly smaller and eight-pointed. Large oval ornament instead of star above frame where outer and edge ribs terminate; the shoulders are more square and the base higher than any of the other pint scroll flasks. Reverse: same as obverse. Edges: heavy vertical medial rib.Provenance
Source
McKearin Antiques
