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Figured Flask

Manufacturer Keene (Marlboro Street) Glass Works (American, 1814-1841)

Place of OriginKeene, New Hampshire, United States

Date1824-1836

Dimensions7 5/8 in. (19.3 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.362

Not on View

DescriptionDeep olive-green. Blown in a full-size two-part mold (McKearin G.IV-19) that formed body and base. On the obverse: a Masonic arch and other Masonic symbols. On the reverse: an American eagle, with banner above and oval cartouche below. The base is plain except for a keyed moldmark, three small randomly placed nipples, and a heavy, rough, open 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, G.IV-19, pp. 554-555, no. 236; pp. 203-205.

McKearin, Helen A., and Kenneth M. Wilson, American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry, New York, Crown, 1978, G.IV-19, pp. 203-205, 554-555, no. 236, 595, 99-104, 436-440.

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. 112, no. 40.