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GI-119

Object NameFlask with Columbia and the American Eagle

Maker Union Glass Works (1826-1842)

Made FromNon-lead glass

Dateabout 1826-1835

TechniqueMold-blown

SizeOverall H: 19 cm

Accession Number60.4.123

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

American Historical Flasks

Masterpieces of American Glass

Place Made

United States, PA, Philadelphia

Physical DescriptionCobalt blue non-lead glass; mold-blown; plain lip, pontil mark. Obverse: Columbia with Liberty Cap facing left; thirteen small six-pointed stars surrounding bust, ten short graduated vertical ribs at bottom of flask. Reverse: large American Eagle, head turned to right; shield with ten vertical and two horizontal bars on breast, wings partly raised and right foreshortened. Thunderbolt (three arrows) with feathered ends showing in its right talons, olive branch in left. Ten short graduated vertical ribs at bottom of flask; similar to GI-117. Inscription: none. Edges: single broad vertical rib.
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