flask

Object NameFlask

Pattern Number

GII-58

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1815-1825

Place MadeUnited States

TechniqueMold-blown

SizeOverall H: 14.9 cm, W: 8.4 cm, D: Diam (max):

Accession Number60.4.188

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

American Historical Flasks

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionOlive amber glass; mold-blown; plain lip, pontil mark. Obverse: American Eagle, rather crudely depicted, head held erect and turned to right. Shield with six bars on breast; wings partly raised, legs bent at right angles. Thunderbolt (three arrows) in eagle's right talons, large olive branch in left. Lower part of branch extends below tail which is straight downward from point of shield. Above eagle thirteen small five-pointed stars. Reverse: large cornucopia coiled to left and filled with produce. Edges: corrugated horizontally, corrugations extend around flask at base and juncture of neck and body.
Provenance

Source McKearin Antiques