flask

Object NameFlask

Pattern Number

GI-9

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1820-1835

Place MadeUnited States

TechniqueBlown-molded

SizeOverall H: 17.2 cm, W: 10.8 cm, D: Diam (max):

Accession Number60.4.9

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

American Historical Flasks

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionDark olive amber (black) glass; blown-molded; plain lip, pontil mark on base. Obverse: three-quarter view of Washington facing left, in uniform. Reverse: American Eagle, head turned to right; no shield on breast; wings partly raised and right foreshortened. Thunderbolt (three arrows) in its right talons, small olive branch in left; nine stars above eagle. Eagle stands on oval frame broken at top, with inner band of ten fairly large pearls. Details of stars indistinct but apparently circular in shape with twelve points. Inscription: "G. G. WASHINGTON." in semi-circle above bust. Letters "G. G." widely spaced. Edges: horizontal beading with vertical medial rib.
Provenance

Source McKearin Antiques