GI-1

Object NameFlask

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1820-1835

TechniqueMold-blown

SizeOverall H: 17.9 cm, W: 10.9 cm, D: Diam (max):

Accession Number60.4.1

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

American Historical Flasks

Place Made

United States

Physical DescriptionDeep green glass; blown-molded. Obverse: Large three-quarter view of Washington in uniform, facing left. Reverse: American eagle, head turned to right; shield with seven bars on breast; wings partly raised and right foreshortened. Thunderbolt (three arrows) in its right talons, olive branch in left. Laurel branch in eagle's beak, nine five-pointed stars in semi-circle above eagle. Eagle stand on oval frame with inner band of eighteen fairly large pearls. Only two leaves of the olive branch in left talons show clearly and the terminal leaf shows faintly on outer edge of wing. Neck and base: cylindrical neck and plain lip; pontil mark.
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