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

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.

Item History

What

Name
Flask
Identification Number
M3.46
Type of Item
flask
Material
glass
Manufacturing Technique
blown
Overall
height 7.0 cm, width 5.8 cm, depth 5.8 cm

Who

Culture
Near East
Previous Owner
Baron van Haersolte van den Doorn, Baron van Haersolte van den Doorn and Kathleen van Haersolte van den Doorn
Received from
Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source), U.B.C. President's Fund (Funding source) and Kathleen van Haersolte van den Doorn (Seller)

Where

Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
Made in
Syria ?

When

Creation Date
between 1 and 200
Collection Date
during 1890
Ownership Date
before April 26, 1956
Acquisition Date
on April 26, 1956

Other

Condition
good
Current Location
Case 96
Accession Number
2308/0217