Name/Title
FlaskEntry/Object ID
2005.29Description
Dark-colored glass flask or decanter with a wide, circular body and long, thin neck. The neck has an applied glass handle, shaped like an ear. On one side of the body of the bottle is a paper note with the typed inscription, "This is Authentically DR. "THUNDERBOLT" WILSON'S FLASK Purchased at an Auction of His Personal Property, May 22, 1847 By Judge Charles Royall Tyler Handed Down By Him to His Granddaughter, Helen Brown Tyler Purchased from Her by Miss Mary R. Cabot / Author of The Annals of Brattleboro And Presented July 25, 1929 by Miss Cabot to Charles E. Crane"Context
Owned by Dr. John "Thunderbolt" Wilson, a traveling doctor and teacher in Vermont. Due to Wilson's private nature and mysterious injuries, after his death rumor aligned him with notorious highway robber, Captain Thunderbolt.Acquisition
Accession
2005.29Source or Donor
Goodall, Glen, Goodall, EstherAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of Glen and Esther GoodallLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term
FlaskNomenclature Secondary Object Term
BottleNomenclature Primary Object Term
VesselNomenclature Class
ContainersNomenclature Category
Category 07: Distribution & Transportation ObjectsDimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
8-1/4 inWidth
6 inDepth
3 inRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Wilson, John (1788-1847)Related Places
Place
Town
BrooklineCounty
Windham CountyState/Province
VermontCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North America