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Sterling Silver and Glass Flask
Sterling Silver and Glass Flask
Sterling Silver and Glass Flask
Sterling Silver and Glass Flask
Sterling Silver and Glass Flask

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Sterling Silver and Glass Flask

  • Renowned American firm Alvin Manufacturing Company crafted this glass and sterling silver hip flask
  • Both practical and stylish, the flask features an elaborate Art Nouveau design
  • An ornate script monogram "RVD" adorns its center
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$985
Item No. 31-7760

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Description
This flask, composed of glass with sterling silver overlay, is perfect for the stylish bon vivant. The piece ingeniously combines practicality and sophisticated design with its intricately engraved Art Nouveau details. Exquisitely adorned with scrolling acanthus leaves, no surface is left unfinished on the rare container, including the elaborate script monogram "RVD" at its center.

Late 19th century

Bears maker's mark of Alvin Manufacturing Company

4 1/8" high x 2 1/8" wide. . .
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This flask, composed of glass with sterling silver overlay, is perfect for the stylish bon vivant. The piece ingeniously combines practicality and sophisticated design with its intricately engraved Art Nouveau details. Exquisitely adorned with scrolling acanthus leaves, no surface is left unfinished on the rare container, including the elaborate script monogram "RVD" at its center.

Late 19th century

Bears maker's mark of Alvin Manufacturing Company

4 1/8" high x 2 1/8" wide x 7/8" deep
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Sterling Silver and Glass Flask
Period: 19th Century
Origin: America
Type: Wine & Spirits
Style: Art Nouveau
Depth: 0.88 in. (2.22 cm)
Width: 2.13 in. (5.4 cm)
Height: 4.13 in. (10.48 cm)

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