Object Number 2003.0022.108

Object Name

Flask (Barrel flask)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Nancy du Pont Reynolds

Place of Origin

London or Bristol, Probably England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1720-1780

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; Underside; Blue-printed rectangular sticker: "Mrs. W. Glasgow Reynolds/"Foxwood" Old Kennett Rd./Greenville, Delaware"

Subjects

Alcoholic beverage ware

Materials

Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze

Techniques

Thrown, Powdered

Dimensions (inches)

5.5 (L) , 3.75 (W) , 3.562 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

13.97 (L) , 9.525 (W) , 9.047 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Britton, Frank. 1982 English Delftware in the Bristol Collection.
• Three powdered manganese barrels: nos. 15.61-.63, the last being most similar in form to the 03.22.108; no. 15.61 for other related examples.
[Book] Archer, Michael. 1997 Delftware: The Tin-glazed Earthenware of the British Isles, a Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
• Powdered blue barrel: no. E.22, with slightly different proportions. Notes several in two sizes with powdered blue or powdered manganese grounds; landscape versions from Dublin, Ireland. Probably London, c. 1750
[Book] van den Bossche, Willy. 2001 Antique Glass Bottles: their history and evolution (1500-1850). 439.
• French blue glass barrel-shaped small "brandy bottle" and large "storing barrel": p. 209, pl. 158, respectively early 18th century and c. 1880-1920.