Railroad Flask Manufacturer: Mount Vernon Glass Works (American, 1810–1844)
Manufacturer: Saratoga Mountain Glass Works (1844–1890)

1830–45

American Decorative Arts

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900
Medium

Full-size mold-blown non-lead glass

Dimensions

6 13/16 in. (17.3 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Peter B. Cooper, B.A. 1960, LL.B. 1964, M.U.S. 1965

Accession Number

1996.46.18

Geography

Made in Vernon, New York, Made in Mount Vernon, New York

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
This collection of bottles and flasks was formed by the donor's grandfather, James Ernest Cooper (1873-1942) in the 1910s, 20s, and 30s. Cooper was a graduate of Yale (class of 1895) and the Harvard Law School. He lived in New Britain, Conn., where he practiced law, served in the State Legislature, and then worked for the Stanley Works.
Bibliography
  • Helen A. Cooper et al., Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2008), 278–79, no. 171, ill
  • "Acquisitions, January 1996–December 1997," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (1997–98), 145
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

flasks (bottles)

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