Collection Highlights
Tontine Coffee House, N.Y.C.
ca. 1797
1907.32
oil on linen, lined to fiberglass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Figured flask
Object name
Figured flask
Date
1825-1840
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 7 x 5 x 2 1/2 in. ( 17.8 x 12.7 x 6.4 cm )
Description
Green lead glass figured flask blown in a full-sized, two-part mold (McKearin GIII-4); flask has hand-tooled, flared clylindrical neck, rounded shoulders, ovoid body embossed with a cornucopia of fruit on the obverse with a two-handled gadrooned urn of fruit on the reverse, and an oval base with a pontil mark.
Credit Line
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number
1953.381
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
