Collection Highlights
"Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"
Date:
Object Number:
PR.031.3
Medium:
Chromolithograph card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Book flask
Object Number:
1952.248
Date:
1847-1858
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 2 x 4 1/8 in. ( 13 x 5.1 x 10.5 cm )
Marks:
impressed: on spine: "DEPARTED SPIRITS"
Description:
Molded yellowware flask in shape of book with five horizontal bands on spine and circular opening on top, impressed rectangular frame on panels; mottled brown glaze (Rockingham).
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
