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Book Flask

Maker (American)
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Date1845-1855
Mediumflint enamel-glazed earthenware
Dimensionsoverall: 5 3/4 x 4 x 2 in. (14.6 x 10.2 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 number2017.5.80
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: 2017.5.79
Book Flask
Norton and Fenton
1845-1855
Object number: 2017.5.78
Book Flask
Norton and Fenton
1845-1855
Object number: 2017.5.81
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
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Howard Norton Cook
1930
Object number: 2011.3.36
Little Gray Cat
Elizabeth Norton
1926
Object number: 2010.5.13
Woodblock for an Untitled Print
Elizabeth Norton
ca. 1926
Object number: 2010.5.20verso