Eagle Flask Maker, attributed to: Louisville Glass Works (American, 1855–1873)

1855–73

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Mold-blown soda-lime glass

Dimensions

6 1/8 × 3 1/8 × 1 1/2 in. (15.56 × 7.94 × 3.81 cm)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

1996.46.13

Geography

Made in Louisville, Kentucky

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
James Ernest Cooper (1873–1942), New Britain, Conn., acquired between 1910–40; by inheritance to his son James Wayne Cooper (1904–1989), New Haven, Conn., 1942–89; by inheritance to his son Peter B. Cooper, New Haven, Conn, 1989–96; by gift to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1996
Bibliography
  • John Stuart Gordon, American Glass: The Collections at Yale (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2018), 154–55, no. 79
  • "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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