Flask

Item number M3.46 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Translucent blue flask with white-yellow spiral design. The body is spherical with a flat bottom. The neck is slender and cylindrical leading to a thick round rim. The rim is splayed and folded outwards, upwards and inwards. A white-yellow thread, applied in a molten state, is wound horizontally around the body getting progressively thicker from the shoulder to the base. There is a blob of white-yellow glass on the shoulder at the beginning of the design.

History Of Use

Used to store unguents, oil or perfume.

Narrative

The van Haersolte Collection

Specific Techniques

Blown glass flasks were made by gathering hot glass at the end of a hollow tube, through which air was blown. The bubble of glass thus formed was transferred to a solid rod; it was then reheated, cut open where the blow pipe had been attached and manipulated with pinchers and flat pieces of wood. It was rolled back and forth on a flat hard surface until the desired shape was obtained. For similar types see Oppenlander, p. 222, no. 648 and p. 223 no. 646; and Vessberg and Westholme, p.160, fig. 48. No. 18.