Jeweled flask

Dublin Core

Title

Jeweled flask

Subject

Furnishings and equipment; Containers for personal use

Description

On one of his many visits around the globe, explorer, artist and early anthropologist Henry Savage Landor collected this jewel-inlaid flask. Showing little wear, this bronze flask with gold, turquoise and jade decorations was probably owned by a member of the elite and rarely used. This flask was most likely a perfume bottle showing telling rust around only the opening.

Source

Gift of Katherine Wolcott

Date

18th century

Format

Brass, gold, jade, turquoise

Identifier

1937.2.18

Coverage

Kashmir (?)

Files

1937.2.18.jpg

Collection

Citation

“Jeweled flask,” Omeka@CTL, accessed December 5, 2024, http://libraryexhibits.uvm.edu/omeka/items/show/563.

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