Chestnut Flask

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Object Name: 
Chestnut Flask
Place Made: 
United States, probably OH
Accession Number: 
50.4.107
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 13 cm, W (max): 9.1 cm, D (max): 4.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1800-1825
Primary Description: 
Flask. Non-lead glass, deep yellow-green; pattern-molded and free-blown; slender flattened chestnut-shape, long cylindrical neck with sheared mouth, rough pontil mark on base; pattern of expanded vertical ribbing.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
McKearin, George S. (b. 1874), Source
1929
to
1950-07-31
Conrad, Miss Mary, Former Collection
1929
Color: 
yellow green
Technique: 
mold-blowing
Material: 
glass