New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Gemel Flask

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1850

MediumBlown, engraved, and applied glass

DimensionsOverall: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)

Inscribed"F.B. to W.E.B."

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4277

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-2, Case 9

DescriptionGemel flask of transparent, colorless blown glass. With applied rigaree up the fused side and top part tooled as a leaf. Engraved on one side with a trestle bridge with a train going over it and on the other side with a leaf framed monogram: "F.B. to W.E.B."

Label TextGemel Flask Commemorating the High Level Bridge in Newcastle Great Britain Ca. 1850 Blown glass; engraved Inscription: engraved on the reverse F.B. TO W.E.B. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.4277 The railroad bridge shown on this flask was opened by Queen Victoria in 1849; a low level road bridge (not shown) was built beside it in 1850.Published ReferencesMurray, _The Peacock and the Lions_, pg. 79, pl. 83.