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Figured Flask

Manufacturer Hammonton Glass Works (American, 1812-1857)

Place of OriginHammonton, New Jersey, United States

Date1836-1844

Dimensions6 15/16 in. (17.6 cm)

Mediumcolorless glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.383

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DescriptionColorless glass with a yellowish tinge. Blown in a full-size two-part mold (McKearin G.II-52) that formed body and base. On the obverse: a stylized American eagle with thirteen stars above, shield on breast, and olive and palm branches crossed below. On the reverse: an American flag with thirteen stars furled around a standard. The base is plain except for a moldmark and a rough, open 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, G.II-52, pp. 544-545, no. 174.

McKearin, Helen A., and Kenneth M. Wilson, American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry, New York, Crown, 1978, G.II-52, pp. 568-569, 93-94, 441-446.

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. 123, no. 71.