Unknown American
Jar

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Jar
Datec. 1830–1870
Made inUnited States
MediumNonlead glass
Dimensions7 1/8 × 3 3/4 in. diameter (18.1 × 9.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.61.73
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Pine Room
On view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionEarly blown glass food storage jars like this one could have been covered with paper or cloth held on with a tie at neck and sealed with wax.
Provenance[Frank P. Ewing, Wilmington, Delaware]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, November 4, 1961; given to MFAH, by 1966.

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