Flask, Pocket
- Object Name:
- Flask, Pocket
- Object ID:
- 1954.029.086
- Creator:
- Whitney Glass Works
- Place of Origin:
- Glassboro, NJ
- Date:
- 1850-1860
- Description:
- Flask. Aquamarine blown and molded glass, "JENNY LIND"; calabash type, quart size, globe-shaped body with long tapered neck: flat collar. Eleven heavy ribs around body Bust of Jenny Lind, wearing wide bertha, facing left. Wreath encircling bust, words "JENNY LIND" above. Reverse: large view of glass house, chimney with smoke, two sides of house showing, bushes left and tree right. Large six-pointed star above, and in arc below star, words "GLASS / FACTORY." Rough pontil mark on bottom.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-10.3 W-5.8 D-4.7 inches
- Provenance:
- Gift of Raymond D. Allen.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Raymond D. Allen
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