flask

Object NameFlask

Pattern Number

GI-118

Maker Union Glass Works (1826-1842)

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1820-1829

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

Place Made

United States

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.
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