Gemel Flask
Gemel Flask
Place of Originprobably New England; possibly England
Date1790-1820
Dimensions8 1/8 × 1 1/4 in. (20.6 × 3.2 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1920.22
Not on View
DescriptionTwo bottles blown and tooled, then reheated and joined. The side joints are covered with a leaflike band of tooled glass. Rough pontil mark. On the obverse: the monogram CD surrounded by two sprays of leaves and berries; on the reverse: a simpler wreath of leaves, engraved. Colorless glass.
Published ReferencesWilson, Kenneth M., American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art, New York : Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, [Lanham, Md.] : National Book Network [distributor], c1994; 2 v. (879 p.) : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm., 1994, p. 197, no. 187.
First half of the first century
Second half of the first century CE
3rd-2nd century B.C.E.
Second half of the 1st century CE
late 4th century BCE
Late 2nd to early 3rd century CE
1800-1830
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