Flask

flask

Name/Title

Flask

Entry/Object ID

2005.29

Description

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

2005.29

Source or Donor

Goodall, Glen, Goodall, Esther

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Glen and Esther Goodall

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Flask

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Bottle

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Vessel

Nomenclature Class

Containers

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

8-1/4 in

Width

6 in

Depth

3 in

Material

Glass

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Wilson, John (1788-1847)

Related Places

Place

Town

Brookline

County

Windham County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America