GX-22
Object NameFlask
Made FromGlass
Date1840
Place MadeUnited States
Techniquemold-blown
SizeH: 16.8 cm
Accession Number60.4.464
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
American Historical Flasks
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionAquamarine glass; mold-blown; plain lip, pontil mark. Obverse: designs on large oval panels; log cabin with door at right and single window with four panes adjoining door at left; chimney on left end of gable roof. Above cabin in partial semi-circle, nine small five-pointed stars; beneath cabin in semi-circle rail fence with gate at center. Reverse: American Flag at left on tall standard blowing in breeze to right; in the flag bars show plainly and there are tiny dots representing stars. Surmounting flag in partial semi-circle nine small five-pointed stars and a similar tenth star falls in the field of the flag; beneath flag in semi-circle "HARD CIDER" and large cider barrel beneath. Below barrel at left a large plow; stalks of grain rise from base of flask at right to a point level with center of barrel; at left there are two stalks of grain beneath the handles of the plow. Edges: horizontally beaded with vertical medial rib.Provenance
Source
McKearin Antiques
