flask

Object NameFlask

Pattern Number

GII-15

Maker Frederick Lorenz Sr.

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1820-1839

Place MadeUnited States

TechniqueMold-blown

SizeH: 15 cm

Accession Number60.4.146

Curatorial Area(s)

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless glass; mold-blown; plain lip, pontil mark. Obverse: designs on oval panels; American Eagle, head erect and turned left; wings partly raised and right foreshortened. Large shield with seven vertical bars on breast. Thunderbolt (four arrows) in its right talons, large olive branch in left. Scattered sun rays surround eagle's head. Eagle stands on oval frame with inner band of twenty-five tiny pearls, and containing letters "F.L.". Reverse: cornucopia filled with produce, narrow body coiled to left. Edges: vertically ribbed.
Provenance

Source McKearin Antiques