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Figured Flask

Manufacturer Kensington Glass Works (American, 1816-1833)

Place of OriginKensington, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date1824-1836

Dimensions6 11/16 in. (17 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.365

Not on View

DescriptionLight aqua, almost colorless. Blown in a full-size two-part mold (McKearin G.II-41) that formed body and base. On the obverse: an American eagle with rays above and grasping an oval cartouche below and arrows in the left talons and an olive branch in the right talons. On the reverse: a tree in foliage. The base is plain except for a moldmark and a faint, rough pontil mark.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S., and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, G.II-41, p. 543, no. 163.

Helen McKearin, Bottles, Flasks, and Dr. Dyott, New York, Crown, 1970, G.II-41, pp. 94, 97, no. 11 (163).

McKearin, Helen A., and Kenneth M. Wilson, American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry, New York, Crown, 1978, G.II-41, pp. 543, no. 163, 566-567.

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. 115, no. 51.