Flask, Pocket
- Object Name:
- Flask, Pocket
- Object ID:
- 1954.029.090
- Creator:
- Sheets & Duffy
- Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA.
- Date:
- 1850-1863
- Description:
- Flask. Aquamarine blown and molded glass, calabash type, quart size, globe-shaped body with long tapered neck, and flat collar. Sheaf of wheat with crossed rake and pitchfork; laurel wreath above on front, "SHEETS & DUFFY" in arched ribbon above eight pointed star on reverse side. Vertical ribs on two sides. Two vertical mold seams. Rough pontil mark on bottom. Rectangular paper label with red border and clipped corners adhered to bottom, with two obscured lines of script.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-9.5 W-5.4 D-4.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Gift of Raymond D. Allen
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Raymond D. Allen
- Subjects:
- Wheat, Pitchforks, Stars
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