Bottle or flask (Pocket bottle)
Museum Object Number1965.2276 |
Object Name
Bottle or flask (Pocket bottle)
Category
Glass
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Place of Origin
Possibly Bohemia, Possibly Germany, Europe
Origin Notes
Produced in Bohemia, Alpine lands, Central and South Germany, Alsace and exported to many European countries.
Date
1765-1775
Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label
1. Inscription; Side; Painted in script: "Herz/ oben/ vogel/ unten"
Materials
Glass (nonlead); Pewter; Enameled
Techniques
Blown, Painted, Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
5.984 (H) , 2.579 (L) , 2.165 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
15.2 (H) , 6.55 (L) , 5.5 (W)
Object Description
Text available soon.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
[Book] Palmer, Arlene. 1993 Glass in Early America: Selections from the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 425 pp.
• Published: no. 344, p. 356
[Book] van den Bossche, Willy. 2001 Antique Glass Bottles: their history and evolution (1500-1850). 439.
• Similar form spirits flasks, with vertical leafy motifs on sides: pp. 278-279, col. pls. 225A-B, Bohemis, Alpine Lands, Central and South Germany and Alsace, c. 1770
[Book] McNally, Paul. 1982 Table Glass in Canada, 1700- 1850.
• Floral enameled glass flask and tumbler fragments excavated at Fort Beausejour and Fort Louisbourg, Canada: p. 55, fig. 31, flask fragment.
[Book] Kent, Barry C. 1984 Susquehanna's Indians.
• Floral enameled glass flask from Conestoga Town site, Lancaster PA, near Susquehanna River 1690-1763 context: p. 227, fig. 227, several tribes in area.