flask
Object NameFlask
Pattern Number
- GI-12
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1820-1835
Place MadeUnited States
TechniqueBlown-molded
SizeOverall H: 15.4 cm, W: 10.6 cm, D: Diam (max):
Accession Number60.4.12
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionGreen glass; blown-molded; ground lip, pontil mark on base. Obverse: three-quarter view of Washington not in uniform facing left. Reverse: American Eagle, head turned to right; broader shield with eight bars; wings quite different, right broader and left extended at right angles to body. Thunderbolt (three arrows) in eagle's right talons and in the left talons two arrows and a shaft from one held in the right; no stars above eagle and no oval frame beneath. Inscription: none. Edges: horizontal beading with vertical medial rib.Provenance
Source
McKearin Antiques
