Sunburst Flask

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Object Name: 
Sunburst Flask
Accession Number: 
60.4.378
Dimensions: 
H: 17.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1825
Primary Description: 
Puce (pinkish orange) glass; mold-blown; plain lip, pontil mark. Obverse: large oval sunburst, thirty-six rather slender rays tapering to rounded ends turned downward to surface of flask and forming scalloped ellipse; at centre of sunburst five small oval shaped ornaments in oval formation with one in centre. Reverse: same as obverse. Edges: rounded and smooth without medial rib.

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Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Pattern Name: 
GVIII-22
Provenance: 
McKearin Antiques, Source
Color: 
pink
orange
Technique: 
mold-blowing
Material: 
glass