Covered Flask
Manufacturer
Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat
(French, founded 1764)
CultureFrench
Dateca. 1848
MediumPressed glass | Cut glass
DimensionsOverall: 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Base: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Base: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.6706
Not on view
DescriptionFlask and stopper. Flask is of clear pressed and cut glass in an oval shape with a round panel cut neck and small rim. Diamond cut bottom. Large incrusted ceramic sulphide of a classical female figure. Bottle sides and back are pressed into a reverse drape pattern. Stopper is clear solid pressed glass with drape sides and top. Radical cut to pointed top.Published ReferencesJokelson, _Sulphides: The Art of Cameo Incrustation_, similar to Fig. 25, the flasks shown are probably related but different. The enclosed sulphides are different.
Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat
