GII-37
Object NameEagle Flask
Made FromGlass
Date1857-1869
Place MadeUnited States
TechniqueMold-blown
SizeOverall H: 20 cm, W: 9.7 cm, D: Diam (max):
Accession Number60.4.168
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
American Historical Flasks
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionAmber glass; mold-blown; plain lip with applied ring, smooth base with oval depression and "graphite pontil". Obverse: American Eagle, head turned to left; wings partly raised; shield with six bars on breast. Thunderbolt (three arrows) in eagle's left talons, olive branch in right. Thirteen fairly large five-pointed stars in semi-circle above eagle. Reverse: anchor. Inscription: in narrow curved frame above anchor "RAVENNA"; at bottom of flask in curved frame "COMPANY" and above frame just below anchor "GLASS". Edges: smooth.Provenance
Source
McKearin Antiques
