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Flask

Earthenware platter with central floral decoration and leaf band on the rim in blue on greenish-white glaze.
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  • Earthenware platter with central floral decoration and leaf band on the rim in blue on greenish-white glaze.

Date:

1840–60

Artist:

Lyman, Fenton & Company
American, 1849–52
Bennington, Vermont, or
United States Pottery Company
American, 1847–58
Bennington, Vermont

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

Lyman, Fenton & Co.

Title

Flask

Place

Bennington (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

c. 1840–1860

Medium

Earthenware

Inscriptions

Inscribed on spine: "Bennington Companion"

Dimensions

27 × 8.3 × 20.3 cm (10 5/8 × 3 1/8 × 8 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Amelia Blanxius Collection, gift of Emma B. Hodge and Jene E. Bell

Reference Number

1912.794

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