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Flask (Pocket bottle)
Maryland Glass Works
1850-1865
Category
Glass
Creator/Artist/Maker
Maryland Glass Works (Maker)
Place of Origin
Baltimore; Maryland; United States; North America
Materials
- Glass (nonlead)
Museum Object Number
1973.0432.003
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mrs. Harry W. Lunger
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Object Number
1973.0432.003
Object Name
Flask (Pocket bottle)
Category
Glass
Creator (Role)
Maryland Glass Works (Maker)
Place of Origin
Baltimore; Maryland; United States; North America
Date
1850-1865
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: One side
Inscription: "CHAPMAN"
Type: Inscription
Location: Opposite side
Inscription: "BALT.MD."
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Theater
- Historical
- Alcoholic beverage ware
- Jim Crow
- Slavery
Materials
- Glass (nonlead)
Techniques
- Mold-blown
Dimensions (inches)
6.3 (H) x 2 (W) x 3.4 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
15.9 (H) x 5.2 (W) x 8.6 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Palmer, Arlene. 1993 Glass in Early America: Selections from the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 425 pp.
• Published: no. 401, pp. 384- 85Book: Oswald, Adrian, et al. 1983 English Brown Stoneware 1670-1900.
• Lambeth, London salt-glazed brown stoneware flask modeled with Jim Crow figure: base with molded inscription "Pub[superscript ed] by T[super. h] Wetherll Nov. 25 1836...ington Land Lambeth." Thos. Wetherill mold.Article: Margolin, Sam. 2002 "And Freedom to the Slave": Antislavery Ceramics, 1787-1865. Ceramics in America. 80- 109.
• Whiteware child's plate and subject history: pp. 105-6, fig. 49, England, c. 1850 (See Notes)