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Object NameFlask

Pattern Number

GII-57

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1815-1825

TechniqueMold-blown

SizeOverall H: 18.9 cm, W: 10.1 cm, D: Diam (max):

Accession Number60.4.187

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Exhibitions

American Historical Flasks

Place Made

United States

Physical DescriptionLight olive amber glass; mold-blown; plain lip, pontil mark. Obverse: American Eagle, head held erect and turned to right; shield with six narrow bars on breast; wings partly raised. Thunderbolt (four arrows) in eagle's right talons, large olive branch in left. Thirteen small five-pointed stars above eagle. Eagle stands on oval frame; tassel-like ornaments hang from upper line of frame, lower part of frame is extended and looped to form a medallion containing square and compasses and other ornamentation. Reverse: large cornucopia coiled to left and filled with produce. Beneath, curved line with looped and scroll ends. Beneath line at each end of the scroll are two tiny ornaments. Inscription: "J.P.F." in oval frame beneath eagle; reverse - "CONN." enclosed in scroll ends. Edges: corrugated horizontally, corrugations extend around flask at base and juncture of neck and body.
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