pocket flask

Object NamePocket Flask

Manufacturer American Flint Glass Manufactory

Made FromNon-Lead Glass

Date1769-1774

Place MadeUnited States, PA, Manheim

TechniqueMold blown

SizeOverall H: 10.6 cm, W: 8.1 cm, D: 6 cm

Accession Number98.4.657

Credit LineGift of Dwight P. and Lorri Lanmon, in honor of Julia Andrews Bissell

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Title Unknown (Corning Museum of Glass)

On ViewAmerican Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

Mold-blown, in a pattern of daisies in diamonds. This pattern is usually attributed to Stiegel's American Flint Glass Manufacturer at Manheim although it might have been made at other factories as well.

Physical DescriptionColorless glass. Ovoid flask with narrow neck, mold blown in a pattern having stylized daisy blossoms within diamonds on the upper portion of body and vertical flutes on lower portion; slightly depressed rough pontil mark in center of oval base.
NOTE: XRF shows that this is non-lead glass. 6/29/2010. Tested by RHB.
Provenance

Source Lorri Lanmon (American, b. 1932) - 1998-11-30

Former Collection Dwight P. Lanmon (American, b. 1938) - 1994-12-1998-11-30

Former Collection Julia Andrews-Bissell - 1994-12
Mrs. Alfred E. Bissell.

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