Flask
A cornucopia, filled with produce, is centered within an oval panel on the obverse of this flask. On the reverse is an urn formed by six heavy vertical bars which is also filled with produce and placed in an oval panel. There is a scallop design around the rim of the urn, and the curved handles are decorated lengthwise with rows of lines.
Artwork Details
- Title: Flask
- Maker: Attributed to Coventry Glass Works (1813–1850)
- Maker: Possibly Keene Marlboro Street Glassworks (1815–41)
- Date: 1830–40
- Geography: Possibly made in Keene, New Hampshire, United States; Possibly made in Coventry, Connecticut, United States
- Culture: American
- Medium: Free-blown molded green glass
- Dimensions: H. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
- Credit Line: Bequest of Constance R. Brown, 1939
- Object Number: 40.150.51
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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Probably Coventry Glass Works (1813–1850) or
1824–40
Probably Coventry Glass Works (1813–1850)
1824–36
Keene Glass Works (1815–41)
1830–40
Keene Marlboro Street Glassworks (1815–41)
ca. 1828–40
Probably Keene Marlboro Street Glassworks (1815–41)
1820–30
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