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Bottle

Bottle

Public Domain

Bottle
Maker
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Bottle
  • Figured Flask
Datelate 1840s or early 1850s
Made inUnited States
MediumNonlead glass
Dimensions9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of the estate of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.79.167
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Glazed Porch
Exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionAmerican glassmakers produced small, rounded, and flattened forms as pocket bottles or flasks in the 1700s. By the 1820s, mold-blown flasks with images on both sides grew in popularity. Many featured portraits of political or military leaders, patriotic emblems, and slogans, images of abundance or technological achievement, or decorative designs such as sunbursts and scrolls. Another popular subject was the United States’ victory in the Mexican-American War of 1846 to 1848. This flask features images of hunting and fishing.
ProvenanceMiss Ima Hogg; Estate of Miss Ima Hogg; given to MFAH, 1979.
Published References McKearin, Helen, and Kenneth M. Wilson. American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry. New York: Crown Publishers, 1978, p. 657, GXIII–5.

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