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Culture:American
Title:flask
Date Made:c. 1860
Type:Food Service
Materials:ceramic: lead-glazed red earthenware (redware)
Place Made:United States; Pennsylvania
Measurements:Overall: 6 1/2 in x 3 5/8 in x 2 in; 16.5 cm x 9.2 cm x 5.1 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2014.4.72
Credit Line:William T. Brandon Collection of American Redware and Ceramics
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Thrown red earthenware flask with an oval flat base, body is oval shaped narrowing to a spout at the top, spout is circular, rounded and outturned feature, the body has been splashed with manganese on an orange colored ground, covered in a lead glaze. Inscription on the base reads in black ink, “Col./ Hartford/ Conn. /1905” and in red paint “35” and “2” This object was originally in the collection of Burton N. Gates. Gates collection notecard for this object reads: "Flask./ Col. Russell?/ Hartford, Ct. 1906/ Red clay: Black splash decoration reddish brown/ glaze. 6.5 in."

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