flask
Object NameFlask
Pattern Number
- GI-14
Maker
Kensington Glass Works
Made FromGlass
Date1826
Place MadeUnited States
TechniqueBlown-molded
SizeH: 17.8 cm
Accession Number60.4.14
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Masterpieces of American Glass
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
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.Provenance
Source
McKearin Antiques
