GI-84

Object NameFlask

Maker Stebbins and Stebbins

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1824-about 1825

TechniqueMold-blown

SizeOverall H: 16.3 cm, W: 8.8 cm, D: Diam (max):

Accession Number60.4.86

Curatorial Area(s)

Place Made

United States

Physical DescriptionLight olive green glass; mold-blown; plain lip, pontil mark. Obverse: Lafayette, small profile facing right. Reverse: Masonic Decoration - from mosaic pavement rise two columns surmounted by archway with keystone in centre; beneath keystone, triangle, and between columns open book with square and compasses. Above arch at left and at right large six-pointed star. Seventeen bricks in pavement. Below pavement large twelve-pointed star. Inscription: "LA FAYETTE" in semi-circle above bust; beneath bust horizontal bar with short vertical ends, above letters "T.S.". Edges: corrugated horizontally, similar to GI-80 except corrugations do not extend around flask at juncture of neck and body and only single corrugation extending around base.
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