Caption

Hip flask, George & Sons Birmingham; goldsmith's firm; fl. 1825–1928. So-called cuboid hip flask with rounded corners; smooth, slightly curved; spout in the form of a narrow neck with an applied spherical hinged stopper; bottle narrowed in the lower part from the middle; on this part a slide-in container — a cup masking the narrowing — is placed; the interior of the cup and the spout are gilded. Alcohol vessel, 1907–1908. England, Birmingham. Height 15.5 cm, width 7.6 cm, depth 2.7 cm; weight 240 g., A photograph of a metallic hip flask and its matching cup, both shown against a pale gray background; the flask has a rounded rectangular shape with a smooth reflective surface and a spherical cap attached by a small hinged collar, and the cup is a shorter rounded rectangle with a similar smooth reflective finish; visible colors are silver, light gray, and subtle darker gray reflections across the surfaces.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A08_438

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Keywords

Hip flask George & Sons Birmingham goldsmith's firm fl 1825–1928 -called cuboid hip flask rounded corners smooth slightly curved spout form narrow neck applied spherical hinged stopper bottle narrowed lower part middle part slide-in container cup masking narrowing placed interior cup gilded Alcohol vessel 1907–1908 England Birmingham Height 15.5 cm width 7.6 cm depth 2.7 cm weight 240 g photograph metallic hip flask matching cup shown pale gray background flask rounded rectangular shape smooth reflective surface spherical cap attached small collar shorter rounded rectangle smooth reflective finish visible colors silver light gray subtle darker gray reflections across surfaces.