Figured Flask

ManufacturerProbably Bridgeton Glass Works (American, 1836 or 1837-1855)

Place of Originprobably Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Date1835-1845

Dimensions7 7/8 in. (20 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.376

Not on View

DescriptionLight green. Blown in a two-piece mold (McKearin G.I-26) that formed body and base. On the obverse: a bust of George Washington in classical dress. On the reverse: an American eagle with seven stars above in an arc and five stars below in a curve. Neck and lip finished by reheating and tooling. The base is plain except for a keyed moldmark and a rough pontil mark. Capacity: one quart.

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.I-26, pp. 518-519, no. 26; pl. 246, nos. 16, 17.

McKearin, Helen A., and Kenneth M. Wilson, American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry, New York, Crown, 1978, G.I-26, pp. 529, 132-133, 441-445, 450-454.

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. 121, no. 65.