Jar

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CultureAmerican

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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

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

GLASS

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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