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Object NameWashington/Eagle Flask

Maker Pittsburgh Glass Works (f. 1883)

Maker Frederick Lorenz Sr.

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1820-1835

TechniqueBlown-molded

SizeOverall H: 17.1 cm

Accession Number60.4.8

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Exhibitions

American Historical Flasks

Place Made

United States, PA, Pittsburgh

Physical DescriptionLight green glass; blown-molded; plain lip, pontil mark on base. Obverse: three-quarter view of George Washington in uniform facing right; fuller faced and different arrangement of hair from any others. Reverse: American Eagle, head larger and turned to left; narrower shield with seven bars on breast; wings partly raised. Thunderbolt (three arrows) in its left talons. Eagle stands on oval frame with inner band of thirty tiny pearls. Inscription: "G. G. WASHINGTON." in semi-circle above bust. Letters large and widely spaced. Reverse--"PITTSBURGH" in semi-circle above eagle. "F. L." in oval frame beneath eagle. Edges: three vertical ribs.
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