Pocket Bottle
attributed to the Glassworks of Henry William Stiegel, American, active 1764 - 1774
Manheim, Pennsylvania
1769-1774
Amethyst nonlead glass, mold-blown
Overall: 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Katharine T. and Merrill G. Beede 1929 Fund and the Hood Museum of Art Acquisitions Fund
2007.7
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Vessel
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Label
This flask, which is mold blown in a distinctive diamond daisy pattern, represents one of the few forms that can be confidently attributed to the glassworks of Henry William Stiegel (1729–1785). Stiegel immigrated to Philadelphia from Germany in 1750 and began his career first as an iron master, then as a glass manufacturer. The design of this flask, which in the 18th century would have likely held alcohol, derives from glassmaking traditions in southern Germany and Bohemia.
From the 2019 exhibition American Art, Colonial to Modern, curated by Barbara J. MacAdam, Jonathan L. Cohen Curator of American Art
Course History
HIST 9.01, America: From Invasion to Independence, Paul Musselwhite, Fall 2019
HIST 5.14, Americas: Invasion to Independence, Paul Musselwhite and Ernesto Mercadeo-Montero, Fall 2022
Exhibition History
American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 9-December 9, 2007.
American Art, Colonial to Modern, Israel Sack Gallery and Rush Family Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2019-September 12, 2021.
Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 2, 2009-present.
Publication History
Barbara J. MacAdam, American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Muesum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2007, p. 204, no. 178.
Barbara J. MacAdam, Building on Dartmouth's Historic American Collections: Hood Museum of Art Acquisitions since 1985, The Magazine Antiques, November 2007, New York: Brant Publications, color ill. p. 150.
Provenance
The New Bedford Museum of Glass, New Bedford, Massachusetts; sold to present collection, 2007.
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