Flask (New York World's Fair)
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
American. Flask (New York World's Fair), 1939. Glass, 8 7/8 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (22.5 x 13 x 13 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription, 40.253. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Culture
Title
Flask (New York World's Fair)
Date
1939
Geography
Place manufactured: United States
Medium
Glass
Classification
Dimensions
8 7/8 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (22.5 x 13 x 13 cm)
Inscriptions
On banner encircling globe-shaped body of flask, molded words and pictures: "[star shape] WOLRDS [star] FAIR [star] 1939 [2 stars] [4 pictographs or symbols, some indecipherable: arrow, pictograph resembling backwards musical note, 2 parallel serpentine lines, 'H' shape] [2 stars] 1939"
Markings
On bottom, molded: "P-34 / 2 [faint, illegible pictograph] [upside down '1']"
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription
Accession Number
40.253
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