Flask
- Object Name:
- Flask
- Object ID:
- 1908.006.01
- Date:
- 1812
- Description:
- Flask with Stopper. Gray salt glaze stoneware with corn stopper and rawhide string. Globular shaped body with two flattened sides. Flat circular base with drag marks from wheel throwing process. Narrow neck with rolled lip: rawhide tied around neck below lip. Written in ink on flat side: "Gen. Aquila / Davis' / 1812."
- Material:
- Ceramic
Stoneware - Dimensions:
- H-7.95 W-4.2 D-3 inches
- Provenance:
- Said to have been carried by General Aquila Davis in the War of 1812. The Davis family came from Davisville, NH. Capt. Francis Davis was the first settler of Warner and First Representative. He was in the Revolution. General Aquila Davis also fought in the Revolution.
- Credit Line:
- Loaned by J. Franklin Terry
- People:
- Franklin, Terry, Davis, Aquila (1760-1835)
- Subjects:
- Liquor
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