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Book Flask

Maker (American)
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Date1845-1855
Mediumflint enamel-glazed earthenware
Dimensionsoverall: 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 2 in. (14.6 x 9.5 x 5.1 cm.)
DescriptionCeramic container, shaped as a book, with opening and cork, designed to hold potable liquids.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gail-Oxford Collection
Status
Not on view
Object number2017.5.79
Book Flask
Norton and Fenton
1845-1855
Object number: 2017.5.81
Book Flask
Norton and Fenton
1845-1855
Object number: 2017.5.82
Book Flask
Norton and Fenton
1845-1855
Object number: 2017.5.83
Book Flask
Norton and Fenton
1845-1855
Object number: 2017.5.84
Book Flask
Norton and Fenton
1845-1855
Object number: 2017.5.80
Book Flask
Norton and Fenton
1845-1855
Object number: 2017.5.78
Tobacco Jar
Unknown, Dutch
18th century
Object number: 2017.5.60.2
Tobacco Jar
Unknown, Dutch, 18th Century
18th century
Object number: 2017.5.60.1
Flower Brick in the Fazackerly Palette
Unknown, British, 18th Century
ca. 1750
Object number: 2017.5.91
Flower Brick
Unknown, British, 18th Century
ca. 1760
Object number: 2017.5.66
Covered Bowl
Unknown, American, 19th Century
ca. 1875
Object number: 2017.5.77
Horse
Jacobus Halder
ca. 1765
Object number: 2017.5.59