GI-66

Object NameFlask

Maker Stourbridge Flint Glass Works

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1824-about 1828

TechniqueMold-blown

SizeOverall H: 16 cm, W: 11.2 cm, D: Diam (max):

Accession Number60.4.69

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Place Made

United States

Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless, slightly purple glass; mold-blown; plain lip, pontil mark. Obverse: Jackson, three-quarter view, facing left in uniform. Similar to GI-64. Reverse: American Eagle, head turned to right; shield with seven bars on breast, wings partly raised and right foreshortened. Thunderbolt (three arrows) in its right talons, olive branch in left. Laurel branch in eagle's beak. Nine six-pointed stars above eagle. Eagle stands on oval frame with inner band of sixteen large pearls. Similar to GI-64. Inscription: "GENERAL JACKSON" in semi-circle above eagle; reverse - "J. R." in oval frame below eagle; "LAIRD. SC. PITT." in semi-circle below oval frame. Edges: horizontal beading with vertical medial rib.
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