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GIV-37

Object NameMasonic/Eagle Flask

Maker Kensington Glass Works

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1822

TechniqueMold-blown

SizeOverall H: 17.4 cm, W: 11.1 cm, D: Diam (max):

Accession Number60.4.328

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Place Made

United States

Physical DescriptionLight green glass; mold-blown; plain lip, pontil mark. Obverse: Masonic arch, pillars and pavement, twenty-two widely spaced bricks. Within arch "Farmer's Arms", sheaf of rye, pitchfork, shovel, rake, sickle, axe and scythe. Sheaf of rye points to right instead of left/ beneath pavement elaborate scroll ornament; slightly different from GIV-32, stones forming arch larger and flatter. Reverse: American Eagle, head turned to right; shield with seven bars on breast; wings partly raised and right foreshortened. Thunderbolt (five arrows) in its right talons and large olive branch in left. Sun rays above eagle's head; eagle stands on oval frame with inner band of twenty-seven tiny pearl beads and containing initials "T.W.D.". Edges: vertically ribbed.
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