Container with Lid

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Object Name: 
Container with Lid
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
96.4.141
Dimensions: 
(a,b) H: H: 12 cm, W: 7.3 cm; (a) H: 11.1 cm, W: 7.3 cm; (b) H: 1.3 cm, W: 6.2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1950-1960
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Janet B. Hoffman in memory of Dr. Parker Hoffman
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass; pressed. (a) Rectangular bottle with circular collar below top rim and flat circular base; 4 interior vertical flutes on each of two opposite sides, two mold seams at opposite corners, top of collar and of rim ground on exterior. (b) Cylindrical lid in ground on interior and fits over rim.

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Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Hoffman, Janet B., Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressing