flask

Object NameFlask and Cap

Made Fromnon-lead glass

Date1800-1850

Techniqueblown ("half-post"), pattern-molded, turned mount

SizeH: 6 1/2"

Accession Number64.3.105

Credit LineGift of John H. Schuelein-Steel

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Place Made

Central Europe

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown ("half-post" method), pattern- molded; turned metal mount. (a) Flattened, ovoid form, the sides covered with a pattern of raised, rounded hobnails; the first gather ending at the base of a short, cylindrical neck; the rim mounted in a turned pewter cap, the threaded, cylindrical sleeve to fit (b); base with radial ribs and rough pontil mark. (b) Short, cylindrical form with rim molded in a band of tiny raised circles; the lower rim stepped; threaded inside to fit the threaded sleeve on (a).
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