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GIV-34
GIV-34

GIV-34

Object NameMasonic/Ship Flask
Maker Kensington Glass Works
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1826-1828
TechniqueMold-blown
SizeH: 17.5 cm
Accession Number60.4.326
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Masonic Symbols in American Decorative Arts
VENINI - Glass and Design in a World Perspective
Place Made
United States
Physical DescriptionReddish amber glass; mold-blown; tooled lip, pontil mark. Obverse: Masonic arch, pillars, and pavement, twenty-two widely spaced bricks. Within arch "Farmer's Arms", sheaf of rye, pitchfork, rake, shovel, sickle, axe and scythe. Sheaf of rye, points to right instead of left; beneath pavement elaborate scroll ornament; similar to GIV-32 except stones forming arch slightly larger and flatter. Reverse: full rigged frigate sailing to right, American flag at rear; waves beneath frigate and in semi-circle beneath "FRANKLIN". Inscription: "KENSINGTON GLASS WORKS PHILADELPHIA" on edges of obverse; "FREE TRADE AND SAILORS RIGHTS" on edge of reverse. Edges: vertically ribbed and inscribed.
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