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Flask (Pocket bottle or bear flask)
Rudolph Christ
1800-1820
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Rudolph Christ (Maker)
Place of Origin
Salem; North Carolina; Forsyth; South; United States; North America
Materials
- Earthenware (redware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2010.0026
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Henry Francis du Pont Collectors Circle
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Object Number
2010.0026
Object Name
Flask (Pocket bottle or bear flask)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Rudolph Christ (Maker)
Place of Origin
Salem; North Carolina; Forsyth; South; United States; North America
Date
1800-1820
Subject(s)
- Moravian
- Alcoholic beverage ware
Materials
- Earthenware (redware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Press-molded
- Molded
- Molded
- Incised
Dimensions (inches)
6.339 (H) x 3.071 (W) x 3.74 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
16.1 (H) x 7.8 (W) x 9.5 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Brown, Johanna. 02//2011 Eye on Antiques: Moravian Figural Bottles. Early American Life Magazine. XLII: 8-15.
• Article includes some Winterthur flask forms: pp. 10 (3 sizes of fish), 12 squirrels & mold), 13 (bear). Several other forms and molds.Article: Brown, Johanna. 2009 Tradition and Adaptation in Moravian Press-Molded Earthenware. Ceramics in America. 105-38.
• Discusses animal form flasks and oter objects created at the Christ factory.