The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman

Flask

Flask
Object name 
Flask
Date 
ca. 1862
Medium 
Stoneware
Dimensions 
Overall: 9 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 3 in. ( 24.1 x 11.4 x 7.6 cm )
Description 
Salt-glazed stoneware flask with hand-inscribed words.
Credit Line 
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number 
1937.573
Marks 
inscribed: by hand on both sides of flask: "Yale & Oberlin/Eddie & Frankie./Cosa & Susie -/Yale & Norwalk.." and "Catskill Mountain Ex/Augt. 15th 1862/'We Far..'/Athens/NY."
Gallery Label 
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance 
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creative: Tronvig Group