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GII-11

Object NameFlask

Made Fromnon-lead glass

Dateabout 1820-about 1830

Techniquemold-blown

SizeOverall H: 12.7 cm, W: 8.4 cm, D: Diam (max):

Accession Number62.4.8

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Place Made

United States, PA, Pittsburgh

Physical DescriptionAquamarine non-lead glass; mold-blown. Ovoid shape, short straight neck; obverse: designs on oval panels; American Eagle, head turned to left; wings partly raised and left foreshortened; Shield on breast, with nine vertical bars, thunderbolt (three arrows) in left talons, olive branch in right, tail of eagle extends down into oval frame, eagle stands on oval frame with inner band of sixteen tiny pearls, ten tiny stars in semi-circle above eagle's head; reverse: inverted cornucopia, coiled to left and filled with produce, cornucopia with twelve ribs; pontil mark on base.
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