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Flask, Pocket

Object Name:
Flask, Pocket
Object ID:
1954.029.058
Creator:
Huffsey Glass Works; Huffsey, Samuel
Place of Origin:
Philadelphia, PA
Date:
1850-1860
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: large view of glass house, chimney with smoke, two sides of house showing bushes left and tree right. Above, in upturned semicircle "GLASS WORK'S" and below, in straight line, "S. HUFFSEY." Rough pontil mark on bottom.
Material:
Glass
Dimensions:
H-10.2 W-5.7 D-4.5 inches
Provenance:
Gift of Raymond D. Allen
Credit Line:
Bequest of Raymond D. Allen
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