GI-77
Object NameFlask
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1836-about 1849
Place MadeUnited States, Midwestern
TechniqueMold-blown
SizeOverall H: 21.5 cm, W: 13.1 cm, D: Diam (max):
Accession Number60.4.78
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
American Historical Flasks
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionDeep green glass; mold-blown; plain lip, pontil mark. Obverse: three-quarter view of Taylor facing right, in uniform. Bust entirely different from any other Taylor flask. Hair very fine so that head appears almost bald. Large eight-pointed star below bust. Reverse: American Eagle, head turned to left; shield with eight vertical and three horizontal bars on breast; wings partly raised and neither foreshortened, feathers appear very fine. Thunderbolt (three arrows) in left talons, olive branch in right; branch consists of three leaves the lower two in form of loops. Thirteen fairly large five-pointed stars grouped above eagle. Inscription: "ROUGH AND READY" in a semi-circle above bust; reverse - "MASTERSON" in semi-circle above stars. Edges: horizontally corrugated with vertical medial rib.Provenance
Source
McKearin Antiques
