GIX-37
Object NameScroll Flask
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1845-1870
Techniquemold-blown
SizeH: 14.5 cm
Accession Number60.4.428
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionAquamarine glass; mold-blown; plain lip, pontil mark. Obverse: a large conventionalized fleur-de-lis ornament enclosed within frame formed by two heavy curved ribs scrolled at the bottom, the frame open at top and bottom. Two similar ribs follow the lines of the flask, the outer two scrolled at the shoulder. The general effect is similar to the pint and quart scroll flasks but the arrangement of the heavy scrolls quite different; at the top between the two outer scrolls a small eight-pointed star and just below, small pearl ornament. Reverse: same as obverse. Edges: heavy vertical medial rib.Provenance
Source
McKearin Antiques
