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Bottle (Book flask)
1845-1860
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Possibly Vermont; Northeast; United States; North America
Materials
- Stoneware
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1967.1876
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1967.1876
Object Name
Bottle (Book flask)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Possibly Vermont; Northeast; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Alternatively, possibly Midwest. There were nineteenth-century Kentucky stoneware producers who may have made this flask.
Date
1845-1860
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Spine
Inscription: Stamped (impressed) "HISTORY/ OF/ BOURBON CO."
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Stoneware
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
Dimensions (inches)
7.3 (H) x 2.7 (W) x 5.3 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
18.542 (H) x 6.858 (W) x 13.462 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Catalogue: Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth NH (auction catalogue).
• Somewhat similar model, with spine impressed "BENNINGTON COMPANION": August 14-15 sale, lot 47, four quart book flask in mottled brown glaze on yellow body, 1849-58Book: Stradling, Diana. 2005 "Fancy Rockingham" Pottery: The Modeller and Ceramics in Nineteenth-Century America.
• Different model book flask in mottled glazes with spine inscribed "Bennington Bottle": p. 66, no. 59, attributed to Lyman, Fenton & Co., Bennington, Vermont, c. 1849. Notes others inscribed "Hoo-Doo Bible" and "Bennington Battle" (sic).Book: 1984 Principes d'analyse scientifique: Objets civils domestiques Vocabulaire.
• French tin-glazed earthenware book-shaped hand warmer: p. 478, no. 2255, inscribed "LE CHARTREAUX A LA COUR," with sponged(?) "binding." 18th century.