Figured Flask

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MakerProbably Dyottville Glass Works(American, 1842–c.1860)American, 1842–c.1860

CultureAmerican

Titles

Figured Flask

Datec. 1848

Made inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

MediumNonlead glass

Dimensions8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg

Object numberB.58.56

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Pine Room

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

GLASS

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 example features a portrait bust of George Washington on one side; on the other is a portrait bust of Captain Braxton Bragg, an artillery officer noted for his actions in the battle of Buena Vista in February of 1847.
ProvenanceJ. G. Laidacker Collection; [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. 534, GI–42.

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