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Flask

Manufacturer Maurice Marinot (French, 1882 - 1960)

CultureFrench

Date1919

MediumBlown and enameled glass

Dimensions7 1/4 × 4 5/8 × 3 3/8 in. (18.4 × 11.7 × 8.6 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 in. (2.5 cm)

InscribedMarked in dark script below neck: "marinot".

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number83.580

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 119, Case 63

DescriptionBottle/perfume flask and stopper. BOTTLE/FLASK: Of blown glass. Ovoid shape. With various sized of amber/brown bubbles and streaks in colorless. Decorated with enameled medallion of female bust in profile wearing Poiret-style cloche hat holding a bird in strong colors. Neck enameled with small red & blue checks. STOPPER: Double stepped flat stopper. Scalloped aqua with red "X" on top.

Label TextFLASK Maurice Marinot, Paris, France Ca. 1912-1915 Blown glass, enameled Mark: in enamel on lower neck Marinot Museum Purchase 83.580Published ReferencesY. Brunhammer, ART DECO STYLE, ill. pg. 109 & pg. 146, two with amber/brown bubbles & enameled dates 1922-. Polak, MODERN GLASS, 39-43. Jeff Harrison, _Collecting with Vision: Treasures From the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (London: D. Giles Ltd., 2007), 135, fig. 166. ISBN: 978-0-940744-72-1 Diane C. Wright (editor), _Glass Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2017), pg. 134-135.