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Figured Flask

Manufacturer Kensington Glass Works (American, 1816-1833)

Place of OriginKensington, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date1822-1838

Dimensions6 9/16 in. (16.7 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1916.171

Not on View

DescriptionColorless. Blown in a full-size two-part mold (McKearin G.IV-37) that formed body and base. On the obverse: a Masonic arch and pavement, within which are the "farmer's arms." On the reverse: an American eagle with rays above and grasping an oval cartouche in its talons. The base is plain except for a moldmark and a slightly rough pontil mark. Capacity: 1 pint.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S., and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948; McKearin, Helen and Kenneth M. Wilson, American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry, New York, Crown, 1978; etc., G.IV-37, pp. 558-559.

Helen McKearin, Bottles, Flasks, and Dr. Dyott, New York, Crown, 1970, G.IV-37, p. 98, no. 18 (254); p. 35, fig. 6; p. 36, fig. 7; p. 37, fig. 8.

McKearin, Helen A., and Kenneth M. Wilson, American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry, New York, Crown, 1978, G.IV-37, pp. 600-601, 436-445, 79-88.

Wilson, Kenneth M., American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, [Lanham, Md.]: National Book Network [distributor], c1994; 2 v. (879 p.): ill. (some col.); 32 cm., 1994, p. 114, no. 48.