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Book-form Flask
This is a Flask. It is dated 18th century and we acquired it in 1976. Its medium is painted and glazed earthenware. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled An Undercover Drink.
This object was
donated by
C. Helme Strater Jr., John B. Strater and Margaret S. Robinson.
It is credited Gift of the C. Helme and Alice B. Strater Collection.
- Flask
- glass.
- Gift of the C. Helme and Alice B. Strater Collection.
- 1976-1-16
- Flask (Switzerland)
- glass.
- Gift of the C. Helme and Alice B. Strater Collection.
- 1976-1-2
- Flask And Stopper (Switzerland)
- glass.
- Gift of the C. Helme and Alice B. Strater Collection.
- 1976-1-5-a,b
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 19 x 9.5 x 6.5 cm (7 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 2 9/16 in.)
It has the following markings
none
Cite this object as
Book-form Flask; Switzerland; painted and glazed earthenware; H x W x D: 19 x 9.5 x 6.5 cm (7 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 2 9/16 in.); Gift of the C. Helme and Alice B. Strater Collection; 1976-1-149
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Virtue in Vice.
