Flasks Collection

The Pharmacy, 1912 artwork
The Pharmacy (1912). Oil painting by the Swiss artist Marius Borgeaud (1861-1924) titled La Pharmacie (The Pharmacy). The signature and date (1912) are at lower left

Distillation, 16th century woodcut
Distillation. Coloured 16th century woodcut depicting apparatus used for distillation. Two liquids to be distilled are being heated in large flasks (bottom left and right)

Industry / Cooper 1827
Coopers made flasks, tubs, pails etc; this particular cooper is putting together a hogshead. Various iron and wooden hoops wall his shop

London Trade Card - William Bull, Musical Instruments - trumpets, kettledrums, French horns, speaking trumpets, hearing horns for deaf people, powder flasks

Victoria College, Alexandria - Chemistry Laboratory
Part of the Chemistry Laboratory at the Victoria College, Alexandria, Egypt

St Bernard mountain rescue dogs with flasks of brandy on their collars, c.1880 (engraving)
535466 St Bernard mountain rescue dogs with flasks of brandy on their collars, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: St Bernard mountain rescue dogs with flasks of brandy on their collars)

Bohemia
Carlos Aliperti

Sake Flask in the Form of a Long-tailed Turtle, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Sake Flask in the Form of a Long-tailed Turtle, 19th century

Hatch Mansfield and Co Advertisement
An advertisement for Hatch Mansfield & Co. Limited, London based winemakers, promoting old master port wine, ideal for hunting flasks, clubs and messes

Illustration from a history of Peru showing an Inca King and Queen with Indian attendants and a diagram of a bicharra
IND86677 Illustration from a history of Peru showing an Inca King and Queen with Indian attendants and a diagram of a bicharra, 1717 (engraving) by French School

Ancient Greece, from The Art of Perfume, pub. 1912 (pochoir print)
STC98137 Ancient Greece, from The Art of Perfume, pub. 1912 (pochoir print) by Barbier, Georges (1882-1932); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection

Sketches from the Sport and Art Exhibition at the Grosvenor Gallery (engraving)
1626756 Sketches from the Sport and Art Exhibition at the Grosvenor Gallery (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Powder flask, c. 1550-80 (antler)
490956 Powder flask, c.1550-80 (antler) by European School, (16th century); 17.8x13.4 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: This flask, from Austria or Germany)

Dog listening to a gramophone (colour photo)
3094368 Dog listening to a gramophone (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dog listening to a gramophone)

Soldiers stopping to replenish their water bottles, this could be filled at certain fixed stations brought in by flexible pipes. Date: December 1917

Lentoid Flask, or Pilgrim Flask, Late 18th to 19th Dynasty, c. 1336-1186 BC (glass)
490716 Lentoid Flask, or Pilgrim Flask, Late 18th to 19th Dynasty, c.1336-1186 BC (glass) by Egyptian, New Kingdom (c.1567-1085 BC); 12x19.2 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

July (Reaping) (wash drawing)
5889175 July (Reaping) (wash drawing) by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Charles (1828-82); 24.1x11.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Inscribed July beneath mount)

Internal Revenue Bureau Chemist G. F. Beyer, 14 January 1920 (b / w photo)
5954277 Internal Revenue Bureau Chemist G.F. Beyer, 14 January 1920 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chemist G. F)

Powder flask, c. 1620-50 (walnut with ivory & steel)
490950 Powder flask, c.1620-50 (walnut with ivory & steel) by German School, (17th century); 17.2x12.1 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; German, out of copyright

Powder flask, Tyrol (horn)
490947 Powder flask, Tyrol (horn) by Austrian School, (17th century); 21.3x20 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance; Austrian, out of copyright

Powder flask, c. 1620-50 (walnut with horn, bone, brass & iron)
490946 Powder flask, c.1620-50 (walnut with horn, bone, brass & iron) by German School, (17th century); 15.9x12.1 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L

Seven angels carrying seven flasks, from the Apocalypse Tapestry of Angers
902045 Seven angels carrying seven flasks, from the Apocalypse Tapestry of Angers, 1373-87 (tapestry) by Bataille, Nicolas (fl)

Light blue lentoid flask with dragged feather design in white, black, and yellow
425409 Light blue lentoid flask with dragged feather design in white, black, and yellow, 18th Dynasty, c.1539-1295 BC (glass) by Egyptian

Metal casting equipment: open sand casting 1, trowel 2, ramming tool 4, lifting screw 5, sand casting between flasks 6, cog wheel casting 7-10, and moulds for loam casting 11-13

The Great Inventors, Edison in his new workshop in Lewelleyn Park, Orange (colour litho)
2798533 The Great Inventors, Edison in his new workshop in Lewelleyn Park, Orange (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Great Inventors)

Containers for oil (glass)
614898 Containers for oil (glass) by Roman; Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Siena, Tuscany, Italy; Photo eNicol Orsi Battaglini; out of copyright

Powder flask, c. 1580 (antler with iron)
490913 Powder flask, c.1580 (antler with iron) by German School, (16th century); 16.9x11.1 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: The carved relief shows a scene of David and Bathsheba)

Powder flask, c. 1680 (boxwood & steel)
490907 Powder flask, c.1680 (boxwood & steel) by Maucher, Johann Michael (1645-1701); 14.3x13.3 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance; German, out of copyright

Flask in the form of a leather bag, New Kingdom, c. 1415-1381 BC (Nile silt ware)
490757 Flask in the form of a leather bag, New Kingdom, c.1415-1381 BC (Nile silt ware) by Egyptian 18th Dynasty (c.1567-1320 BC); 13.5x7.4x5 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Covered Flask, manufacturer Meissen Porcelain Factory, Germany, c
500110 Covered Flask, manufacturer Meissen Porcelain Factory, Germany, c.1720-1723 (porcelain with gilt metal mounts) by German School, (18th century); h:14.20 w:7.65 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Vanitas still life with a bust, seashells, books and glass flasks (oil on canvas)
1203342 Vanitas still life with a bust, seashells, books and glass flasks (oil on canvas) by Dutch School, (17th century); 78.2x90.8 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Dutch

A vintners boy (pen & ink on paper)
CTS407581 A vintners boy (pen & ink on paper) by Jones, Inigo (1573-1652); eThe Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth; Reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees; English

Conical and tubular flasks (glass)
614960 Conical and tubular flasks (glass) by Roman; Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Siena, Tuscany, Italy; (add.info.: Ampolla troco conica)

Four Jewish Doctors from Adrianople, Turkey, c. 1600 (w / c on paper)
CHT176056 Four Jewish Doctors from Adrianople, Turkey, c.1600 (w/c on paper) by German School, (17th century); Private Collection; eArchives Charmet; German, out of copyright

The Birth of Gunpowder (engraving)
6021264 The Birth of Gunpowder (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Birth of Gunpowder)

Advertisement, Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company (engraving)
1615620 Advertisement, Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advertisement, Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company)

The Fifth and Sixth Flask: The fifth sixth angels pour their flasks on the throne
902049 The Fifth and Sixth Flask: The fifth sixth angels pour their flasks on the throne and in the river Euphrates, from the Apocalypse Tapestry of Angers, 1373-1387 (tapestry) by Bataille

Powder flask, c. 1590 (gilt brass over fabric covered wood)
490953 Powder flask, c.1590 (gilt brass over fabric covered wood) by Italian School, (16th century); 19.4x12.7 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Combined priming flask and wheel-lock spanner, c. 1600-50 (horn with brass & steel mounts)
490937 Combined priming flask and wheel-lock spanner, c.1600-50 (horn with brass & steel mounts) by European School, (17th century); 18.1x5.7 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Heros of Labour - Andre-Marie Ampere, French physicist and mathematician (1775 -1836) (chromolitho)
724809 Heros of Labour - Andre-Marie Ampere, French physicist and mathematician (1775 -1836) (chromolitho) by French School

The Alchemists study (oil on canvas) (for detail see 164373)
PCT164372 The Alchemists study (oil on canvas) (for detail see 164373) by Teniers, David the Elder (1582-1649); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Carcassonne, France; Flemish, out of copyright

One Touch of Nature Makes the Whole World Kin (engraving)
1589501 One Touch of Nature Makes the Whole World Kin (engraving) by Crofts, Ernest (1847-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: One Touch of Nature Makes the Whole World Kin)

The Alchemists study (oil on canvas) (detail, see 164372)
PCT164373 The Alchemists study (oil on canvas) (detail, see 164372) by Teniers, David the Elder (1582-1649); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Carcassonne, France; Flemish, out of copyright

Tea on Overcombe beach near Weymouth, South Devon - served hot from a Thermos flask in a very swanky tea hamper Date: 1938

River view winter ice outside walls city people enjoy themselves
River view in winter, River view in winter. On the ice outside the walls of a city, people enjoy themselves with flasks and skates

Single Glass Flask With Blue Solution

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"Unveiling the Timeless Elegance: Flasks Through Centuries" Step into the enchanting world of flasks, where history and artistry intertwine to create vessels that have stood the test of time. From The Pharmacy's captivating 1912 artwork to a distillation woodcut from the 16th century, these flasks hold stories within their delicate curves. Intriguingly, it was in 1827 when industry met craftsmanship as Cooper introduced their revolutionary flask design. London Trade Card by William Bull showcases how even musical instruments found solace in this versatile creation. Journeying across continents, we find ourselves at Victoria College's Alexandria Chemistry Laboratory, where flasks played an essential role in scientific exploration. Meanwhile, Hatch Mansfield and Co Advertisement reminds us of their significance beyond academia - serving as loyal companions during everyday adventures. Venturing further afield, Chad reveals milk sellers at N Djamena (Fort-Lamy), relying on trusty flasks for sustenance amidst bustling streets. And who could forget those nostalgic moments captured outside a Post Office with four people cherishing shared memories? it also played an instrumental role during WW1; an advert for Thermos flasks stands as a testament to their reliability on battlefields and beyond. A mesmerizing illustration from a history of Peru transports us back to 1717 - showcasing Inca royalty surrounded by Indian attendants alongside intricate diagrams of bicharra. Delving deeper into antiquity, we encounter a powder flask crafted from antler dating back to c. 1570 - reminding us that innovation knows no bounds throughout centuries past. Ancient Greece beckons through The Art of Perfume's pochoir print publication from 1912; revealing how even fragrance found its home within these timeless vessels. As we reflect upon these glimpses into history and culture through various mediums - be it art or utility - one thing remains certain.