Skip to main content

flask

Object NameFlask
Pattern Number
  • GII-45
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1824-1832
Place MadeUnited States
TechniqueMold-blown
SizeOverall H: 14.2 cm, W: 9.4 cm, D: Diam (max):
Accession Number60.4.176
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionAquamarine glass; mold-blown; plain lip, pontil mark, non-lead. Obverse: designs on oval panels; American Eagle, similar to GII-43 but no sun rays around eagle's head and olive branch slightly different. Oval frame below eagle without inner band of pearls and inscription. Reverse: cornucopia filled with produce, tip coiled to left and terminating in floral motif. Produce differs from GII-43 and GII-44. Edges: three vertical ribs.
Provenance
Source McKearin Antiques
flask
1820-1839
GII-51
Coffin & Hay
about 1836-1842
GII-50
about 1836-1842
flask
Kensington Glass Works
about 1824-about 1826
GII-62
Willington Glass Works
about 1855-1870
GII-67
1857-1863