Flask Manufacturer: Tiffany and Company (American, founded 1837)

ca. 1877

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Blown and engraved lead glass and sterling silver

Dimensions

4 7/8 × 3 1/8 × 1 1/16 in. (12.38 × 7.94 × 2.7 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Janet Zapata

Accession Number

2016.117.1

Geography

Manufactured in New York, New York

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
by purchase to Janet Zapata, New York, NY, ca. 2006; by gift to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, 2016
Bibliography
  • John Stuart Gordon, American Glass: The Collections at Yale (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2018), 180–81, no. 95
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2017), 8
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

flasks (bottles)

Marks

"TIFFANY&Co 4814 M 3148 STERLING" AND "7" stamped on rim of spout

Inscriptions

"JHC" on top of cap

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