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Flask

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1845-1849

GUSN

GUSN-16294

Description

Book-shaped flask with applied star on spine, scroddled gray-brown and pink glaze.

Details

Descriptive Terms

flasks (bottles)
stoneware (pottery)
books
stars
Vessel
Bottle
Flask
Stoneware
Scroddled
Book
Star
Flask

Inscription

Impressed and relief on bottom: ""Fenton's Works/ Bennington,/ Vermont"" [on shield]

Maker

Fenton Pottery (Maker)

Location of Origin

Bennington, VT, USA

Dimensions

5.5 (H) (inches)

Accession Number

1955.14

Reference Notes

Barrett, Richard Carter. Bennington Pottery and Porcelain. New York: Crown Publishers Inc., 1958.

Places

Vermont (United States)

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