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On Display: House - Washington Alcove
Flask (Pocket bottle)
1800-1840
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
United States; North America
Materials
- Earthenware (redware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1959.1294
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1959.1294
Object Name
Flask (Pocket bottle)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
United States; North America
Date
1800-1840
Subject(s)
- Alcoholic beverage ware
Materials
- Earthenware (redware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
Dimensions (inches)
6.5 (H) x 3 (W) x 4.6 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
16.51 (H) x 7.62 (W) x 11.684 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Butera, Anthony W. 2003 Informed Conjecture: Collecting Long Island Redware. Ceramics in America. 214-37.
• Similar form and glazed flask with slightly less dark examples: p. 214-5, fig. 1 and p. 216, fig. 2 (both late 18th-early 19th C.) and p. 220, fig. 14, 1835-60. All probably Huntington NY,