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Object NameFlask

Pattern Number

GI-14

Maker Kensington Glass Works

Made FromGlass

Date1826

TechniqueBlown-molded

SizeH: 17.8 cm

Accession Number60.4.14

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Masterpieces of American Glass

Place Made

United States

Physical DescriptionLight green glass; blown-molded; plain lip, pontil mark. Obverse: 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 (five arrows) in its right talons, large olive branch in left. Sun rays above eagle's head. Eagle stands on oval frame with inner band of twenty-eight small pearls. Inscription: "GENERAL WASHINGTON" in semi-circle above bust. Reverse: "E. PLURIBUS UNUM." in semi-circle above sun rays. In oval frame "T.W.D.". Edges: vertically ribbed and with inscription "ADAMS & JEFFERSON JULY 4, A.D. 1776" and "KENSINGTON GLASSWORKS PHILADELPHIA". Three small stars after 1776.
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