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for Jenny Lind flask
Artist/Maker
McCarty & Torreyson
(active ca. 1842 - 1856)
Related person
Jenny Lind
(Swedish, 1820 – 1887)
Jenny Lind flask
ca. 1855
Glass
Overall: 9 × 6 × 3 in. (22.9 × 15.2 × 7.6 cm)
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
1945.291
Jenny Lind (1820-1887), the "Swedish Nightingale," was a soprano who toured America in 1850-1852 under the auspices of P.T. Barnum. Noted for her singing as well as her piety and charity, Lind was incredibly popular in America.
DescriptionAquamarine, non-lead glass bottle blown in a two-part mold (McKearin GI-110) with a hand-tooled finish; body is violin-shaped, with ten panels, the largest front and back panels embossed with portrait bust of Jenny Lind above a lyre; panels adjoining front and back panels embossed with vine-like pattern; ten-sided base has pontil mark.ProvenanceThe Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
ClassificationsGLASS
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