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Object NameEagle Flask

Made FromGlass

Date1825-1830

TechniqueMold-blown

SizeOverall H: 17.1 cm, W: 11.2 cm, D: Diam (max):

Accession Number60.4.141

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Exhibitions

Made in Western Pennsylvania, Early Decorative Arts

American Historical Flasks

Place Made

United States

Physical DescriptionLight green glass; mold-blown; plain lip, pontil mark. Obverse: designs on oval panels. Large American Eagle, head turned to left; shield with six vertical bars on breast; wings partly raised and left foreshortened. Thunderbolt (three arrows) in its right talons, olive branch in left. Eagle stands on oval frame. Revers: large sheaf of rye and directly beneath crossed pitchfork and rake. At left of for, sickle and beneath at left a scythe and at right plow. Inscription: "W. IHMSEN'S." in semi-circle above eagle, and "GLASS" below eagle in oval frame; reverse - "AGRICULTURE" in semi-circle above sheaf. Edges: vertically ribbed.
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