flask
Object NameFlask
Pattern Number
- GI-118
Maker
Union Glass Works
(1826-1842)
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1820-1829
Place MadeUnited States
TechniqueMold-blown
SizeOverall H: 14.7 cm, W: 9.7 cm, D: Diam (max):
Accession Number60.4.122
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
American Historical Flasks
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionLight yellow green glass; mold-blown; pontil mark, tooled lip. Obverse: Columbia with Liberty Cap facing left; features and arrangement of hair differing slightly from GI-117; thirteen small six-pointed stars surrounding bust, ten short graduated vertical ribs at bottom of flask. Reverse: large American Eagle, head turned to left; shield with ten vertical and three horizontal bars on breast; wings partly raised and left foreshortened. Thunderbolt (three arrows) in its left talons, large olive branch in right. Ten short graduated vertical ribs at bottom of flask. Inscription: "KENSINGTON" in narrow curved frame below panel containing bust; reverse - "UNION. C" in narrow curved frame below oval panel containing eagle. Edges: single broad vertical rib; smooth.Provenance
Source
McKearin Antiques
