Object Number 1979.0111

Object Name

Flask (Pocket bottle)

Category

Glass

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with partial funds provided by Mrs. Harry W. Lunger in memory of Philip 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

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; Side; Old, paper label inscribed in ink: "This bottle belonged to my/ maternal grandmother Rachel/ Ferm & contained Lavender water/ distilled by her. Darling Mother/ kept it during life and her sister/ Rachel May was kind and gave it to me 5th mo 19 1878"

Subjects

Alcoholic beverage ware

Materials

Glass (nonlead)

Techniques

Blown, Pattern-molded

Dimensions (inches)

5 (H) , 3.9 (L) , 2.9 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

12.8 (H) , 9.9 (L) , 7.4 (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. 351, pp. 361-62; attribution information: p.364