1967.1876 Book-shaped bottle
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Bottle (Book flask)

  • Category:

    Ceramics

  • Place of Origin:

    Possibly Vermont, Northeast, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1845-1860

  • Materials:

    Stoneware ; Lead glaze

  • Techniques:

    Molded

  • Museum Object Number:

    1967.1876


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1967.1876

Object Name

Bottle (Book flask)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Possibly Vermont, Northeast, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Alternatively, possibly Midwest. There were nineteenth-century Kentucky stoneware producers who may have made this flask.

Date

1845-1860

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Spine; Stamped (impressed) "HISTORY/ OF/ BOURBON CO."

Materials

Stoneware ; Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded

Dimensions (inches)

7.3 (H) , 5.3 (L) , 2.7 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

18.542 (H) , 13.462 (L) , 6.858 (W)

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Catalogue] Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth NH (auction catalogue).
Somewhat similar model, with spine impressed "BENNINGTON COMPANION": August 14-15 sale, lot 47, four quart book flask in mottled brown glaze on yellow body, 1849-58
[Book] Stradling, Diana. 2005 "Fancy Rockingham" Pottery: The Modeller and Ceramics in Nineteenth-Century America.
Different model book flask in mottled glazes with spine inscribed "Bennington Bottle": p. 66, no. 59, attributed to Lyman, Fenton & Co., Bennington, Vermont, c. 1849. Notes others inscribed "Hoo-Doo Bible" and "Bennington Battle" (sic).
[Book] 1984 Principes d'analyse scientifique: Objets civils domestiques Vocabulaire.
French tin-glazed earthenware book-shaped hand warmer: p. 478, no. 2255, inscribed "LE CHARTREAUX A LA COUR," with sponged(?) "binding." 18th century.