Flask
Dateca. 1800
MediumLead-glazed earthenware (redware)
DimensionsOH: 6 1/8"; OW: 4 7/8"; ODepth: 3 1/2"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1951-276
DescriptionFlask: the body of ovoid shape with flat slightly bulbous front and back and indented sides rising to a squat narrow neck and mouth. The redware body covered in a manganese-rich lead glaze; the base unglazed.Inscription(s)NoneMark(s)NoneProvenanceAcquired in 1951 from Miss Eleanor Conway Sawyer (North Star Farm, Hockessin, Delaware) by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, Virginia) in whose collection it remains to the present.
ca. 1840
ca. 1840
1726 (dated)
