Object Number 1973.0429.002

Object Name

Bottle

Category

Glass

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Harry W. Lunger

Creator (Role)

Kensington Vial and Bottle Works of Sheets and Duffy (Probable maker)
1850-1869

Place of Origin

Probably Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1850-1855

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Underside; An oval with the legend: "PH. DOFLEIN/ NTH. 5.TS.T 84" and "MOULD MAKER"
2. Inscription; Below frigate; "U.S. STEAM FRIGATE/ MISSISSIPPI/ S. HUFFSEY"
3. Inscription; Above portrait bust; "LOUIS KOSSUTH"

Materials

Glass (nonlead)

Techniques

Mold-blown

Dimensions (inches)

9.5 (H) , 6 (L) , 4.5 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

24.1 (H) , 14 (L) , 11.4 (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. 395, p. 381
[Book] McKearin, George S. & McKearin, Helen. 1989 American Glass.
• Kossuth biography: pp. 466- 67
[Article] Palmer, Arlene. 1979 Glassmakers of Early America, in Quimby, Ian M.G. 1979. The Craftsmen in Early America. 159- 189.
• Published: fig. 11, detail fig. 12
[Catalogue] Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth NH (auction catalogue).
• Aquamarine glass version: August 16, 2008, lot 553, probably made for Huffsey, Philadelphia at a NJ glassworks. c. 1850-60. "LOUIS KUSSUTH", "U.S. STEAM FRIGATE/MISSISSIPPI/S. HUFFSEY" "PH. DOFLEIN/MOULD MAKER NTH 5t. St. 84"
[Book] Harding, Adrian & Harding, Nicholas. 1998 Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875. 1.
• Figures of Louis Ferencz Akos Kossuth (1802-94) and bio.: pp. 78-79, figs. 178 S)-182 and no. 47.