Pocket Bottle

attributed to the Glassworks of Henry William Stiegel, American, active 1764 - 1774
Manheim, Pennsylvania

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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

History 5.14, Americas: From Invasion to Independence, Ernesto Mercado-Montero and Paul Musselwhite, Fall 2023

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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