Log Cabin Flask

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Object Name: 
Log Cabin Flask
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
60.4.355
Dimensions: 
H: 17.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1860-1870
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; mold-blown; applied collar, circular depression in base. Obverse: in form of cabin with gable roof; tall door with latch; window with four panes at right; over door small four-paned window and similar window above the large window. Reverse: plain. Ends and roof: on one end inscription "E. G. BOOZ'S/OLD CABIN/WHISKEY"; on other end inscription "120 WALNUT ST/PHILADELPHIA"; roof over obverse, inscription "E. G. BOOZ'S/OLD CABIN/WHISKEY"; reverse roof, "1840". That part of roof on each side which does not contain the inscription is marked off by squares. Roof ridge beveled at ends.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
GVII-5
Provenance: 
McKearin Antiques, Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
mold-blowing
Material: 
glass

Publications (3)

Tippecanoe and E.G. Booz Too!: A Book About Cabin Bottles (2017) illustrated, p. 18 (fig. 28);
Tippecanoe and E. G. Booz Too! (2003) illustrated, p. 16, fig. 19; BIB# 77797
The Booz Bottle: Real vs. Repro (1989-11) illustrated, p. 11; BIB# 37997