Flask

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Flask

1818-1830

Made by Kensington Glass Works, Philadelphia (1818–c. 1900)

The front of this flask shows a portrait of Benjamin Franklin, and the back depicts Thomas W. Dyott, an American patent-medicine king and glassmaker.

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Object Details

Title:

Flask

Date:

1818-1830

Artist:

Made by Kensington Glass Works, Philadelphia (1818–c. 1900)

Medium:

Non-lead glass (aqua)

Dimensions:

8 1/16 x 5 5/8 inches (20.4 x 14.3 cm)

Classification:

Containers

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Joseph E. Temple Fund, 1899

Accession Number:

1899-252

Geography:

Made in Kensington, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Context:

Period: antebellum

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