Flask (Pocket bottle)

  • Category:

    Metals

  • Creator (Role):

    Johann Christoph Heyne (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1756-1780

  • Materials:

    Pewter

  • Techniques:

    Cast

  • Museum Object Number:

    1955.0623


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1955.0623

Object Name

Flask (Pocket bottle)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Johann Christoph Heyne (Maker)
12/03/1715-01/11/1781
Heyne sailed to Philadelphia in 1742. For more on Johann Christoph Heyne's marks, see C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.260; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.134; Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.109; and Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.222. See also Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), vol.2, p.44-48 and Eric de Jonge, "Johann Christoph Heyne Pewterer, Minister, Teacher" in Winterthur Portfolio (1968), vol.4, p.168-184.

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

Southeastern Pennsylvania

Date

1756-1780

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Base; "I.C.H." in a shaped cartouche, stamped
2. Inscription; Base; "LANCASTER" in a rectangle, stamped

Subjects

Alcoholic beverage ware

Materials

Pewter

Techniques

Cast

Dimensions (inches)

5.5 (H) , 4.874 (W) , 2.252 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

13.97 (H) , 12.38 (W) , 5.72 (D)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Montgomery, Charles F. 1973 A History of American Pewter.
Published: fig. 12-7, p. 195
[Book] Barons, Richard I. 1982 The Folk Tradition: Early Arts and Crafts of the Susquehannah Valley.
Published: p. 177.
[Catalogue] 11/11/2011 The Collection of Lester and Barbara Breininger.
See lot 301 for a related flask marked by Heyne and inscribed "JOHAN GEORGE WENTZ 1757"