Book flask Maker, attributed to: Lyman, Fenton & Co (American, 1849–52)

1849–52

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Earthenware with mottled and flint enamel glazes.

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1931.1763

Geography

Manufactured in Bennington, Vermont

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Edwin AtLee Barber (1851–1916), Philadelphia (on loan to the Pennsylvania Museum [now the Philadelphia Museum of Art], 1911–17); consigned by his estate to Samuel T. Freeman and Company, Philadelphia, December 10–11, 1917, lot 309; sold to Francis P. Garvan (1875–1937), New York, December 11, 1917; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1931
Bibliography
  • Samuel T. Freeman and Co., Philadelphia, Pa., The Collection of the Late Edwin AtLee Barber, A.M., Ph.D., sale cat. (1917), 56, lot 309
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

flasks (bottles)

Inscriptions

Title impressed on back, "Bennington Companion" - The largest size made

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