GIV-33
Object NameMasonic/Eagle Flask
Maker
Zanesville Glass Works
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1832
Place MadeUnited States
TechniqueMold-blown
SizeOverall H: 16.8 cm, W: 10.6 cm, D: Diam (max):
Accession Number60.4.325
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
American Historical Flasks
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionGreen glass; mold-blown; plain lip, pontil mark. Obverse: Masonic arch, pillars and pavement, twenty-two bricks widely spaced. Within arch, "Farmer's Arms", sheaf of rye, pitchfork, shovel, rake, sickle, axe and scythe. Sheaf of rye, points to right instead of left; beneath pavement elaborate scroll ornament. Reverse: American Eagle, head turned to right; shield with seven vertical bars on breast; wings partly raised, right foreshortened. Thunderbolt (five arrows) in its right talons, olive branch in left. Eagle stands on oval frame with inner band of twenty-six small pearls and containing word "OHIO". Sun rays surround eagle's head and above rays in semi-circle "ZANESVILLE"; in semi-circle beneath oval frame "MURDOCK & CASSEL". Edges: vertically ribbed.Provenance
Source
McKearin Antiques
