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Figured Flask

Manufacturer Hammonton Glass Works (American, 1812-1857)

Place of OriginHammonton, New Jersey, United States

Date1836-1838; possibly later

Dimensions5 9/16 in. (14.2 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.380

Not on View

DescriptionLight greenish. Blown in a full-size two-part mold (McKearin G.II-50) that formed body and base. On the obverse: an eagle with rays above and grasping an oval cartouche in its talons. On the reverse: a stag. The base is plain except for a very faint moldmark and a small, rough, open pontil mark. Capacity: one-half pint.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S., and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, G.II-50, p. 544, no. 172.

McKearin, Helen A., and Kenneth M. Wilson, American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry, New York, Crown, 1978, G.II-50, pp. 568-569, 93-94, 441-445.

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. 122, no. 68.

Exhibition HistoryNew York World's Fair, 1939.