Collection Highlights
Mayor George B. McClellan at the controls of the first subway train, October 27, 1904
Date:
1904
Object Number:
PR.020.90.1
Medium:
Silver gelatin print
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Gemel flask
Object Number:
1965.762
Date:
1800-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 21 x 10.2 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown lead glass gemel flask formed from two flasks stuck together and necks pulled in opposite directions; flasks have short cylindrical necks with applied purple glass lips, ovoid tapered bodies decorated with applied opaque white threads pulled up into a loop pattern and marvered and with applied bands of trailings crimped into parallel notches on the edges, and shared applied cirlcular base with pontil mark.
Gallery Label:
Gemel bottles were made in England, Ireland, and America in the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
