flask
Object NameFlask
Pattern Number
- GII-69
Made FromGlass
Date1820-1839
TechniqueMold-blown
SizeOverall H: 13.3 cm, W: 8.8 cm, D: Diam (max):
Accession Number60.4.200
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
American Historical Flasks
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionClear green glass; mold-blown; plain lip, pontil mark. Obverse: designs on oval panels banded at top and sides by beading parallel to that on edges. American Eagle with abnormally large beak, head erect and turned to left; wings partly raised and left foreshortened. Thunderbolt (three arrows) in eagle's left talons, olive branch in right. The eagle itself is similar to that on GII-13. Short diagonal ribbing at base of flask. Reverse: inverted cornucopia, coiled to left, filled with produce; cornucopia has twelve ribs and is more slender in form than that on GII-11, GII-12, GII-13, GII-14. The short diagonal ribbing is lacking at base. Edges: horizontally beaded with vertical medial rib.Provenance
Source
McKearin Antiques
