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Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Scanned from a slide.  Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Flask
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Scanned from a slide.  Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Flask

Manufacturer Unknown
CultureBohemian
Date1750-1780
MediumBlown glass | Gilt
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 3/16 in. (3 cm)
Base: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number81.65B
Not on view
DescriptionFlask of blown colorless glass. Panel cut body, shoulder and neck. Gilded in the rococo style of a man carrying a plant in a landscape scene. Wide gilt band at the rim. Narrower neck base and one below shoulder. Polished pontil.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
1750-1780
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Franz Gondelach
18th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Mt. Washington Glass Co.
1894
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
late 18th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
ca. 1790
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
ca. 1790
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
ca.1790
Image scanned from a transparency
New England Glass Company
ca. 1860
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Ludwig Moser and Sons
ca. 1910