Jenny Lind Flask Maker, attributed to: McCarty & Torreyson (American, active 19th century)

1850–55

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Mold-blown soda-lime glass

Dimensions

7 1/4 × 4 3/4 × 2 1/8 in. (18.42 × 12.07 × 5.4 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1931.1174

Geography

Made in Wellsburg, West Virginia

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Containers

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Rhea Mansfield Knittle (Earl J. Knittle Antiques), Ashland, Ohio, by 1930; Francis P. Garvan, New York, 1930–31; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1931
Bibliography
  • John Stuart Gordon, American Glass: The Collections at Yale (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2018), 156–57, no. 80
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

flasks (bottles)

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