Two-handled flask, one of a pair, 1872, Philippe-Joseph Brocard, French, active 1867-1896, 15 9/16 x 8 1/2 x 5 7/8in. (39.5 x 21.6 x 14.9cm), Glass, enamel, France, 19th century, This pair of flasks was designed for the English aesthete, scholar and collector, Alfred Morrison (1821-1897). During the early 1860s Morrison hired designer Owen Jones to decorate and furnish his estate in Wiltshire, Fonthill House and his house at 16 Carlton House Terrace in London. Morrison's London house has survived with much of the original Islamic decoration intact. These flasks were probably placed upon a mantelpiece in front of a mirror in the townhouse so that the decoration could be seen 'in the round.