Flask

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Flask

Entry/Object ID

VC.58.684 a-b

Description

Dram bottle (flask), with short spout, with flat-topped screw cap: circular shape, flattened, with rounded sides, decorated with engraved pairs of concentric circles.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1700 - 1799 Date made: r. 1700 - 1799

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

VC.58.684 A-B

VC.58.684a-b

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

4-5/8 in

Width

4-1/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 4 5/8 x 4 1/4 in. (11.7 x 10.8 cm)

Material

Pewter

General Notes

Note Type

General Note

Note

Misc.: Substitution of a nippled top could apparently convert dram bottle to nursing bottle (Cf. illustration, Laughlin, Pl. XXXIX, fig. 254).

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Complex, Ferry House - Bar