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Sprinkler flask

3rd-4th century AD

Title: Sprinkler flask
Date: 3rd-4th century AD
Place of Creation: Sūrīyah
Object Type: Food
Medium: Mold-blown glass
Dimensions: 4 x 8 1/4 (10.2 x 21 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Helen Norton
Accession Number: 61.14.14

[Harry Norton (1872–1948), Coaticook, Quebec, Canada]; [1]
Helen Norton (1876–1967), Boston; [2]
Sold to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1961.
[1] Correspondence from Helen Norton, 1961. Curatorial file, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
[2] Santa Barbara News-Press, October 17, 1961. An article published in this paper celebrates Helen Norton’s donation of her brother’s ancient glass collection to museums in Santa Barbara and San Francisco. Curatorial file, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

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