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Object NameFlask

Pattern Number

GX-21

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1824-1830

Techniquemold-blown

SizeH: 17.1 cm

Accession Number60.4.463

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

American Historical Flasks

Place Made

United States

Physical DescriptionYellow green glass; mold-blown; plain lip, pontil mark. Obverse: early steamboat with paddle wheel steaming to right; long narrow flag streaming to left from bow and large American flag, stars and stripes flying from mast back of smoke stack. Above boat in curving line "THE AMERICAN" and beneath the water through which the boat is steaming, the word "SYSTEM". Similar to GX-20 except that bow of boat is different, also wave motion different and the waves extend to the base of flask. Reverse: large upright sheaf of rye encircled by inscription "USE ME BUT DO NOT ABUSE ME"; also encircling the sheaf and between it and the inscription twenty-seven small dots or pearls possibly intended to represent stars; beneath sheaf narrow rectangular frame with curved ends. Edges: herringbone ribbing, no medial rib.
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