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Bottle
Samuel Huffsey Glass Works
1851-1852
Category
Glass
Creator/Artist/Maker
Samuel Huffsey Glass Works (Probable maker)
Place of Origin
New Jersey; United States; North America
Materials
- Glass (nonlead)
Museum Object Number
1973.0429.003
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mrs. Harry W. Lunger
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Object Number
1973.0429.003
Object Name
Bottle
Category
Glass
Creator (Role)
Samuel Huffsey Glass Works (Probable maker)
Place of Origin
New Jersey; United States; North America
Date
1851-1852
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Above bust
Inscription: "KOSSUTH" in raised letters
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Glass (nonlead)
Techniques
- Mold-blown
Dimensions (inches)
10.4 (H) x 4.3 (W) x 5.7 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
26.3 (H) x 10.8 (W) x 14.4 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: White, Harry Hall. 03//1931 Rare Variants of Common Bottles. Antiques.
• Discussion of unusual model with Jenny Lind on back: pp. 188-192Book: Palmer, Arlene. 1993 Glass in Early America: Selections from the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 425 pp.
• Cast iron full-size, two-part mold for Jenny Lind bottle: p. 2, fig. 8, c. 1850.Book: McKearin, George S. & McKearin, Helen. 1989 American Glass.
• Kossuth information: pp. 466- 67; Jenny Lind information: pp. 467- 68Book: Harding, Adrian & Harding, Nicholas. 1998 Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875. 1.
• Figures of Louis Ferencz Akos Kossuth (1802-94) and bio.: pp. 78-79, figs. 178 S)-182 and no. 47.Book: Harding, Adrian & Harding, Nicholas. 1998 Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875. 1.
• Figures of Jenny Lind and bio.: pp. 80-82, figs. 184-91 and no. 50, Johanna Maria (Jenny) Lind (1820-87).