flask
Object NameFlask
Pattern Number
- GI-117
Maker
Union Glass Works
(1826-1842)
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1820-1829
Place MadeUnited States
TechniqueMold-blown
SizeOverall H: 18.5 cm, W: 11.2 cm, D: Diam (max):
Accession Number60.4.121
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Liberties with Liberty
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionAquamarine glass; mold-blown; plain lip, pontil mark. Obverse: Columbia with Liberty Cap facing left; thirteen small six-pointed stars surrounding bust, ten short graduated vertical ribs at bottom of flask. Reverse: large American Eagle, head turned to right; shield with ten vertical and two horizontal bars on breast, wings partly raised and right foreshortened. Thunderbolt (three arrows) with feathered ends showing in its right talons, olive branch in left. Ten short graduated vertical ribs at bottom of flask. Inscription: "KENSINGTON" in narrow curved frame below oval panel containing bust; reverse - "UNION. Co" in narrow curved frame below oval panel containing eagle. Edges: single broad vertical rib.Provenance
Source
McKearin Antiques
