Collection Highlights
Fete to Lafayette
Date:
1824
Object Number:
PR.022.9
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Figured flask
Object Number:
Z.452
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
overall: 6 3/8 x 3 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.
Description:
Cobalt blue non-lead glass figured flask blown in a full-size, three-part mold; flask has hand-tooled flared neck and lip, rounded shoulders, oval body decorated with twisted vertical ribs, a shield containing a standing lion with an ax on the obverse; flat base with a pontil mark.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
