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Figured Flask

Manufacturer Baltimore Glass Works (American, 1800 - 1880)

Place of OriginBaltimore, Maryland, United States

Date1832-1842

Dimensions8 7/16 in. (21.5 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.374

Not on View

DescriptionLight yellowish-green. Blown in a full-size two-part mold (McKearin G.I-23) that formed body and base. On the obverse: a profile bust of George Washington in classical dress. On the reverse: a profile bust of an unidentified man, possibly Henry Clay, in classical dress. The base is plain except for a faint moldmark and a very heavy, open 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, G.I-23, pp. 518-519, no. 23; p. 506, no. 37.

McKearin, Helen A., and Kenneth M. Wilson, American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry, New York, Crown, 1978, G.I-23, p. 506, no. 37, pp. 518-519, no. 23, p. 528-529, 71-77, 452, 454, no. 16; p. 481.

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. 120, no. 64.