Collection Highlights
Tontine Coffee House, N.Y.C.
ca. 1797
1907.32
oil on linen, lined to fiberglass
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Footed jar with stopper
Object name
Footed jar with stopper
Date
1875-1900
Medium
Glass, enamel, gilding
Dimensions
Overall: 11 1/8 x 2 7/8 in. ( 28.3 x 7.3 cm )
Description
Colorless blown glass footed jar with flanged lip, short cylindrical neck, and cylindrical body with rounded shoulder and base and glass label with polychrome enamel and "LICORICE LOZENGES" inscribed in gilding; base with domed foot and inscription "W. R. WARNER & Co PHILA'D - PATD SEPT 18 1875" pressed separately; blown glass stopper with hollow ball finial.
Object Number
Z.629ab
Marks
painted: on reverse side of glass label: "LICORICE / LOZENGES"
pressed: on foot: "W. R. WARNER & Co PHILA'D PATD SEPT 18 1875"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
