Figured flask
Classification:
Date:
1815-1830
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 15.2 x 10.2 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine non-lead glass figured flask blown in a full-sized, two-part mold; bottle has cylindrical neck with rounded lip, flattened ovoid body embossed with tree in foliage on obverse with bare tree with bird on reverse, and a smooth flat base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.388
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
23505
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Figured flask
Classification:
Date:
1825-1830
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 4 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 15.2 x 10.8 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine non-lead glass figured flask blown in a full-sized, two-part mold (McKearin GVI-2); bottle has hand-tooled flared neck, flattened ovoid body embossed on obverse with the Washington Monument in Baltimore with faint inscription, "BALTO" below, on reverse a sloop sailing right, and a flat base with a pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Purchase, Abbott-Lenox Fund
Object Number:
1960.6
Marks:
embossed: on obverse; "BALTO"
Gallery Label:
This bottle was purchased from the estate of the noted glass scholar, George S. McKearin.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
23504
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Figured flask
Classification:
Date:
1815-1830
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 15.2 x 10.2 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Amber-green non-lead glass flask blown in a two part mold (McKearin GVIII-9); bottle has hand-tooled flared neck, rounded shoulders, and an angular body with an oval sunburst (29 rays) eminating from central oval with inscription "KEEN[sic]" on one side and "P & W" on other with ribbing down edges; flat base with light pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.341
Marks:
embossed: on obverse, "KEEN"
embossed: on reverse "P & W"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
23503
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Figured flask
Classification:
Date:
1815-1817
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 4 x 2 1/4 in. ( 19 x 10.2 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Dark green lead glass flask blown in a two-part mold (McKearin GVIII-3); bottle has hand-tooled flared neck, hollow shoulders, and an angular body with an oval sunburst (24 rays) on each side with ribbing down edges; flat base with light pontil mark..
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.340
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1817
eMuseum Object ID:
23502
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Figured flask
Classification:
Date:
1815-1817
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. ( 19 x 11.4 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Dark green non-lead glass flask blown in a two-part mold (McKearin GVIII-3); bottle has hand-tooled flared neck, hollow shoulders, and an angular body with an oval sunburst (24 rays) on each side with ribbing down edges; flat base with light pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.339
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1817
eMuseum Object ID:
23501
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Figured flask
Classification:
Date:
1815-1830
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 5 x 3 in. ( 21 x 12.7 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Green non-lead glass flask blown in a two part mold (McKearin GVIII-2); bottle has hand-tooled flared neck, hollow shoulders, and an angular body with an oval sunburst (24 rays) on each side with ribbing down edges; flat base with light pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.338
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
23500
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Figured flask
Classification:
Date:
1847-1855
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. ( 17.1 x 11.4 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Pale amethyst non-lead glass figured flask blown in a two-part mold (McKearin GI-71) with hand-tooled flared lip, oval body with bust of Zachary Taylor and inscription "ROUGH AND READY" on obverse, bust of Samuel Ringgold on reverse and inscription "MAJOR RINGGOLD", and pontil mark on base.
Credit Line:
Purchase, Abbott-Lenox Fund
Object Number:
1960.5
Marks:
in relief: on obverse: ROUGH AND READY"
in relief: on reverse: "MAJOR RINGGOLD"
Gallery Label:
Major Samuel Ringgold (1800-1846) was the first American officer to be fatally wounded in the Mexican War. This flask commemorates General Zachary Taylor's victory over the Mexican forces in the battle of Palo Alto on May 8, 1846, as well as the heroism of Ringgold, a native of Washington County, Maryland. This flask was purchased from the estate of George S. McKearin.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
23499
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Figured flask
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1815-1830
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 3 x 2 in. ( 15.2 x 7.6 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Green non-lead glass figured flask blown in a full-sized two-part mold (McKearin GVII-16) with hand-tooled finish; short cylindrical neck with flaired lip, rounded shoulders, and a trapazoidal body molded with a twenty-one ray sunburst on the front and back with nineteen ridges on each side; base shows horizontal mold seam and suspiciously faint pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1040
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
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
23498
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Bottle: Oak Orchard Acid Springs..., brown
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1850-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 4 in. ( 23.5 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Amber, non-lead glass bottle blown in a three-part mold with embossed lettering; bottle has cylindrical neck with hand-tooled finish with down-turned lip and V-shaped string rim, rounded shoulders, and a cylindrical body; embossed on shoulder; "OAK ORCHARD/ ACID SPRINGS" on obverse side, "H.W. BOSTWICK/ AGT No 574/ BROAD.WAY.NEW.YORK" on reverse side, "GLASS FROM F HITCHINS FACTORY/ LOCKPORT,. N.Y." on bottom.
Credit Line:
Gift of Richard L. McCarthy
Object Number:
1956.148a
Marks:
embossed: on shoulder of obverse side; "OAK ORCHARD/ ACID SPRINGS"
embossed: on shoulder of reverse side; "H. W. BOSTWICK/ AGT. No 574/ BROAD.WAY.NEW.YORK"
embossed: on bottom; "GLASS FROM F HITCHINS FACTORY/ LOCKPORT .N.Y."
Gallery Label:
This bottle was made at the Lockport Glass Works in Lockport, NY (in operation 1843-1880s) under the ownership of Francis Hitchins (purchased glassworks in 1850) for the Oak Orchard Mineral Springs Co., (in operation 1848-1860), which bottled water from at least five different springs near Alabama Center, in Genesee Co., NY. Water from different springs was bottled in different colored bottles. The bottle was found by the donor at the site of the bottling works.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
23497
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle
Classification:
Date:
1850-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 4 in. ( 23.5 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Green, non-lead glass bottle blown in a three-part mold with embossed lettering; bottle has cylindrical neck with hand-tooled finish with down-turned lip and V-shaped string rim, rounded shoulders, and a cylindrical body; embossed on shoulder; "OAK ORCHARD/ ACID SPRINGS" on obverse side, "ADDRESS/ C.W. MERCHANT/ LOCKPORT, NY" on reverse side.
Credit Line:
Gift of Richard L. McCarthy
Object Number:
1956.148b
Marks:
embossed: on shoulder of obverse side; "OAK ORCHARD/ ACID SPRINGS"
embossed: on shoulder of reverse side; "ADDRESS/ C.W. MERCHANT/ LOCKPORT, NY"
Gallery Label:
This bottle was made at the Lockport Glass Works in Lockport, NY (in operation 1843-1880s) under the ownership of Francis Hitchins (purchased glassworks in 1850) for the Oak Orchard Mineral Springs Co., (in opperation 1848-1860), which bottled water from at least five different springs near Alabama Center, in Genesee Co., NY. Water from different springs was bottled in different colored bottles. The bottle was found by the donor at the site of the bottling works.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
23495
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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