GIV-16
Object NameMasonic/Eagle Flask
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1825-about 1830
Place MadeUnited States, New England
TechniqueMold-blown
SizeH: 19 cm
Accession Number60.4.309
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionOlive amber glass; mold-blown; applied collar and uneven base. Obverse: Masonic arch, pillars and pavement. Twenty-two bricks forming pavement; within arch at top radiant all-seeing eye and beneath square and compasses and below that radiant triangle, the rays extremely fine. There does not appear to be letter "G" in triangle. No emblems above and at sides of arch and pillars; beneath pavement at right beehive. Reverse: American Eagle, head turned to left; wings partly raised; long pointed shield with bars and tiny dots representing stars on eagle's breast. Thunderbolt (three arrows) in its left talons, olive branch in right. Plain ribbon above eagle's head; plain oval frame beneath eagle. Edges: fine horizontal corrugations, two corrugations extend around flask at juncture of neck and shoulders.Provenance
Source
McKearin Antiques
