Collection Highlights
Dressing table
1795-1810
INV.14982
Mahogany, mahogany and other inlays, white pine, yellow poplar
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Figured flask
Object name
Figured flask
Date
1800-1850
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 6 3/8 x 3 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 16.2 x 9.5 x 3.8 cm )
Description
Cobalt blue glass figured flask blown in a full-size, three-part mold; flask has hand-tooled flared neck and lip, rounded shoulders, oval body decorated with twisted vertical ribs, a shield containing a standing lion with an ax on the obverse and a bunch of grapes on the reverse; flat base with a pontil mark.
Object Number
Z.451
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
