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Flask, Pocket

Object Name:
Flask, Pocket
Object ID:
1954.029.059
Creator:
Dyott, Thomas W.; Kensington Glass Works
Place of Origin:
Philadelphia, PA
Date:
1851
Description:
Flask. Aquamarine blown and molded glass, Jenny Lind, calabash type, quart size; globe-shaped body with long tapered neck, and flat collar. Bust of Jenny Lind wearing wide bertha facing left. Wreath encircling bust, words "JENNY LIND' above. Reverse: profile bust of Louis Kossuth, facing right. Above, in semi-circle, "KOSSUTH". Rough pontil mark on bottom. Paper label on bottom, rectangular clipped corners with red border; written in pen and pencil: "600" in center with the zeros underlined and superscript . Underneath that is: "R-1100."
Material:
Glass
Dimensions:
H-10.2 W-5.6 D-4.5 inches
Credit Line:
Bequest of Raymond D. Allen
Subjects:
Women, Wreaths, Portraits
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