MakerAttributed to
American Flint Glass CompanyAmerican, 1764–1774
Factory owner
Henry William StiegelAmerican, 1729–1785
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Pocket Bottle
Datec. 1764–1774
Made inManheim, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumPotash-lime glass
Dimensions5 1/8 × 3 7/16 × 2 5/8 in. (13 × 8.7 × 6.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.69.481
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Kilroy Center
On view
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
While the Stiegel factory is best known for its pattern molded pocket bottles (see B.59.80, B.58.7, B.69.470), a few very rare examples without molded decoration are known, including the present piece.
Related examples: Winterthur (Palmer 1993, p. 361, no. 348); McKearin and McKearin 1941, pl. 232, no. 5.
Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.
ProvenanceMiss Ima Hogg; given to MFAH, 1969.
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Brooklyn Flint Glass Company
c. 1853–1857
Lead glass
B.2015.1
Unknown European
19th century
Lead glass, soda-lime glass, steel, and mirrored glass
B.58.185
