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Figured Flask

Manufacturer Kensington Glass Works (American, 1816-1833)

Place of OriginKensington, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date1822-1838

Dimensions6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.363

Not on View

DescriptionSlightly greenish glass, full of small bubbles. Blown in a full-size two-part mold (McKearin G.II-42) that formed body and base. On the obverse: an American eagle with rays above and grasping an oval cartouche in its talons. On the reverse: a full-rigged frigate. The base is plain except for a faint moldmark and a slightly rough pontil mark. Capacity: one 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.II-42, p. 543, no. 164.

Helen McKearin, Bottles, Flasks, and Dr. Dyott, New York, Crown, 1970, G.II-42, p. 97, no. 12 (164); p. 35, fig. 6; p. 36, fig. 7; p. 37, fig. 8; p. 38, fig. 9; pp. 35-36, 94, 98.

McKearin, Helen A., and Kenneth M. Wilson, American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry, New York, Crown, 1978, G.II-42, pp. 566-567, 79-88, 440-444, 491-492, 413, fig. 117.

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. 47.

Exhibition HistoryNew York World's Fair, 1939.