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Flask (Barrel flask)
1720-1780
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
London or Bristol; Probably England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Museum Object Number
2003.0022.108
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mrs. Nancy du Pont Reynolds
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Object Number
2003.0022.108
Object Name
Flask (Barrel flask)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
London or Bristol; Probably England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1720-1780
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Blue-printed rectangular sticker: "Mrs. W. Glasgow Reynolds/"Foxwood" Old Kennett Rd./Greenville, Delaware"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Alcoholic beverage ware
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Powdered
Dimensions (inches)
3.75 (W) x 5.5 (L) x 3.562 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
9.525 (W) x 13.97 (L) x 9.047 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Britton, Frank. 1982 English Delftware in the Bristol Collection.
• Three powdered manganese barrels: nos. 15.61-.63, the last being most similar in form to the 03.22.108; no. 15.61 for other related examples.Book: Archer, Michael. 1997 Delftware: The Tin-glazed Earthenware of the British Isles, a Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
• Powdered blue barrel: no. E.22, with slightly different proportions. Notes several in two sizes with powdered blue or powdered manganese grounds; landscape versions from Dublin, Ireland. Probably London, c. 1750Book: van den Bossche, Willy. 2001 Antique Glass Bottles: their history and evolution (1500-1850). 439.
• French blue glass barrel-shaped small "brandy bottle" and large "storing barrel": p. 209, pl. 158, respectively early 18th century and c. 1880-1920.