Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-225
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Figured flask
Object Number:
INV.6415ab
Date:
1960-1970
Medium:
Glass, cork, plastic
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 5 1/4 x 2 5/8 in. ( 27.9 x 13.3 x 6.7 cm )
Marks:
carved: in relief on obverse: "FRIENDSHIP"
Description:
Aquamarine machine-made glass figured flask with flanged lip, oval body, shield with clasped hands below inscription "FRIENDSHIP" on obverse, sunburst on reverse, and cylindrical depression in base; stopper with spherical knob.
Gallery Label:
This twentieth-century flask is based on shield and clasped-hand flasks made between 1861 and 1875.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
