Object Number 1959.3131

Object Name

Flask (Pocket bottle)

Category

Glass

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Henry William Stiegel Manheim Glassworks (Probable maker)

Place of Origin

Manheim, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1769-1774

Subjects

Alcoholic beverage ware

Materials

Glass (nonlead)

Techniques

Blown, Pattern-molded

Dimensions (inches)

5.203 (H) , 3.819 (L) , 2.598 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

13.215 (H) , 9.7 (L) , 6.6 (W)

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: p. 204, fig. 194, "This is the only blue example of the diamond-daisy pattern...This flask was found in Morgan County, Ohio.
[Book] Palmer, Arlene. 1993 Glass in Early America: Selections from the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 425 pp.
• Published: no. 356, pp. 361, 363; attribution information: p.364