Ceramics
Possibly Vermont, Northeast, United States, North America
1845-1860
Stoneware ; Lead glaze
Molded
1967.1876
Object Number1967.1876 |
Bottle (Book flask)
Ceramics
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Possibly Vermont, Northeast, United States, North America
Alternatively, possibly Midwest. There were nineteenth-century Kentucky stoneware producers who may have made this flask.
1845-1860
1. Inscription; Spine; Stamped (impressed) "HISTORY/ OF/ BOURBON CO."
Stoneware ; Lead glaze
Molded
7.3 (H) , 5.3 (L) , 2.7 (W)
18.542 (H) , 13.462 (L) , 6.858 (W)
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[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.