MakerAttributed to
American Flint Glass Company (American, 1764–1774)American, 1764–1774
Factory owner
Henry William Stiegel (American, 1729–1785)American, 1729–1785
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Pocket Bottle
Datec. 1764–1774
Made inManheim, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumPotash-lime glass
Dimensions4 7/8 × 3 11/16 × 2 3/4 in. (12.4 × 9.4 × 7 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.57.2
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Washington Hall
On view
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
These pattern molded pocket bottles represent yet another type associated with the Stiegel factory. The pattern visually approximates the effect of faceted cut glass.
Related examples: Six at Winterthur (Palmer 1993, p. 361, no. 353); PMA (Garvan 1982, pp. 241–42, nos. 13–18); McKearin and McKearin 1941, pl. 232, no. 1.
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.
Provenance[McKearin’s Antiques, New York]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1957; given to MFAH, by 1966.
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Brooklyn Flint Glass Company
c. 1853–1857
Lead glass
B.2015.1
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