Flask, Pocket
- Object Name:
- Flask, Pocket
- Object ID:
- 1994.006.28
- Creator:
- Clevenger Brothers Glass Works
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Clayton, NJ
- Date:
- circa 1973
- Description:
- Flask, blue, pressed glass. Flattened, circular body with cylindrical neck, tapered collar and short, rounded foot. Front: Embossed bust-length image of Sarah J.B. Hale, with text, "FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY / 1788 . SARAH JOSEPHA HALE . 1879". Reverse: Embossed image of library building, with text, "RICHARDS LIBRARY 1888 - 1973 / NEWPORT, NEW HAMPSHIRE". Base: Embossed "C B". Printed paper label in the shape of New Jersey, "Authentic / HAND / MADE / South / Jersey / Glass / CLEVENGER BROS. / GLASS WORKS / Clayton, N.J." adhered to side. Vertical mold seams.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-7 W-4.75 D-1.9 inches
- Provenance:
- Jane Chworowsky (1929-1993), was born in PA and raised in Newport, NH. She attended Plymouth State College, and briefly taught English in Charlestown, NH (1953-55). She ran an antiques business -- Jane's Cabin Antiques -- at her home in Croydon, NH. She bequeathed the contents of her home and business to NHHS.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Jane Lee Chworowsky
- Subjects:
- Commemoration, Momento
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