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Object NameWhiskey Flask with Portraits of Washington and Taylor

Maker Dyottville Glass Works

Made FromBottle Glass

Date1845-1848

TechniqueBlown-molded

SizeOverall H: 21.4 cm, W: 14.4 cm, D: 7.5 cm, Diam (max):

Accession Number50.4.508

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Heads of State

Place Made

United States, PA, Philadelphia

Physical DescriptionWhiskey Flask with Portraits of Washington and Taylor. Green or bottle glass, olive-amber; blown-molded; wide flattened ellipsoid body, cylindrical neck, wide flat sloping collar; oval panel with molded relief decoration--obverse: inscription "THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY" arching above classical profile bust of Washington with queue; reverse: inscription "GEN TAYLOR NEVER SURRENDERS" arching above profile bust of Taylor in uniform and facing left, and above the panel, the inscription "DYOTTVILLE GLASS WORKS PHILAD.A".
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