flask

Object NameFlask

Pattern Number

GI-117

Maker Union Glass Works (1826-1842)

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1820-1829

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

Place Made

United States

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.
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