Bakewell, Page & Bakewells
Flask

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Flask
Datec. 1827–1832
Made inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumNonlead glass
Dimensions5 7/8 × 4 × 1 7/8 in. (14.9 × 10.2 × 4.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the Jack R. McGregor Endowment Fund
Object numberB.2008.6
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Kilroy Center
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

Figured flasks were produced in a variety of designs by American glasshouses between 1830 and 1860. Their broad range of imagery, including decorative, Masonic, historical, and pictorial, as well as their colors, explains why they have long held a special appeal for collectors. Miss Ima Hogg was no exception, and over five decades she acquired approximately fifty examples for the Bayou Bend Collection. A number of these flasks refer to a group of Mexican-American War heroes, including General Zachary Taylor, Braxton Bragg, and Major Samuel B. Ringgold, which, in turn, contributed towards her developing a display in the Texas Room window cases.

This scrolled flask is highly unusual in bearing a stamp for its maker—the prominent Pittsburgh glassworks Bakewell, Page and Bakewells. With its brilliant yellow-green color, it appears to be unique as the only example recorded in this distinctive tint.


Provenance[The Stradlings, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2008.
Exhibition History"Artistry & Innovation in Pittsburgh," Frick Art & History Center, Pittsburgh, Penn., 2005, cat. no. 17.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
obverse: "B P & B"
Paper label on the underside: "GIX-38 / UNRECORDED / NECK FINISH / RARE COLOR"

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

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