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Figured Flask

Figured Flask

Public Domain

MakerAmerican, 1815–1841
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Figured Flask
Date1832
Made inKeene, New Hampshire, United States
MediumNonlead glass
Dimensions6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.58.37
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Pine Room
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. This example pairs a portrait of George Washington on one side with one of Andrew Jackson on the other.
Provenance[Samuel H. Laidacker (1904–1994), Bristol, Pennsylvania]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1958; given to MFAH, by 1966.
Published References McKearin, Helen, and Kenneth M. Wilson. American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry. New York: Crown Publishers, 1978, p. 531. GI–31.

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Front
Keene-Marlboro Street Glass Works
Figured Flask
1832
Nonlead glass
B.72.69
Decanter
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c. 1815–1830
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B.69.456
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Figured Flask
c. 1840–1850
Nonlead glass
B.58.42
Figured Flask
Dyottville Glass Works
Figured Flask
c. 1847
Nonlead glass
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Figured Flask
Dyottville Glass Works
Figured Flask
c. 1847
Nonlead glass
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Figured Flask
Dyottville Glass Works
Figured Flask
c. 1848
Nonlead glass
B.58.56
Figured Flask
Baltimore Glass Works
Figured Flask
c. 1840–1850
Nonlead glass
B.72.59
Figured Flask
Baltimore Glass Works
Figured Flask
c. 1847
Nonlead glass
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Figured flask
Dyottville Glass Works
Figured flask
c. 1848
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Figured Flask
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Figured Flask
c. 1846
Nonlead glass
B.72.76
Front
Kensington Glass Works
Figured Flask
c. 1826
Nonlead glass
B.58.153
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