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Bottle or flask (Pocket bottle)
1967-1970
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
Bohemia; Czech Republic; Europe
Materials
- Glass (nonlead)
Museum Object Number
1970.0234
Credit Line/Donor
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight P. Lanmon
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Object Number
1970.0234
Object Name
Bottle or flask (Pocket bottle)
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
Bohemia; Czech Republic; Europe
Origin Notes
Origin probably near Jablonec nad Nisou, Czechoslovakia.
Date
1967-1970
Subject(s)
- Alcoholic beverage ware
Materials
- Glass (nonlead)
Techniques
- Blown
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
5.778 (H) x 2.205 (W) x 3.13 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
14.675 (H) x 5.6 (W) x 7.95 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: van den Bossche, Willy. 2001 Antique Glass Bottles: their history and evolution (1500-1850). 439.
• Similar form eighteenth-century spirits flasks, with vertical leafy motifs on sides: pp. 278-279, col. pls. 225A-B, Bohemia, Alpine Lands, Central and South Germany and Alsace, c. 1770Book: McNally, Paul. 1982 Table Glass in Canada, 1700- 1850.
• Floral enamelled glass flask and tumbler fragments excavated at Fort Beausejour and Fort Louisbourg, Canada: p. 55, fig. 31, flask fragment.Book: Noel Hume, Ivor. 1969 Glass in Colonial Williamsburg's Archaeological Collections.
• Enameled glass flasks excavated at Wetherburn's Tavern and elsewhere in Williamsburg: p. 29, fig. 18