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Figured Flask

ManufacturerPossibly New England Glass Bottle Company (American, 1826-1845)

ManufacturerPossibly Phoenix Glass Works (American, 1819 or 1820-1870)

Place of OriginBoston, Massachusetts, United States

Date1829-1840

Dimensions7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.390

Not on View

DescriptionLight aquamarine. Blown in a full-size two-part mold (McKearin G.IV-23) that formed body and base. On the obverse: a Masonic arch and other Masonic symbols. On the reverse: an eagle with banner above and oval cartouche below. The neck has an inward folded lip. The base is plain except for a faint moldmark and a rough 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.

McKearin, Helen and Kenneth M. Wilson, American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry, New York, Crown, 1978; etc., G.IV-23, pp. 556-557, no. 240.

Rogers, Millard F., Jr., "American Glass: 1608-1940, " Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 4, no. 3, Summer 1961, pp. 51-70, repr. p. 61.

McKearin, Helen A., and Kenneth M. Wilson, American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry, New York, Crown, 1978, G.IV-23, pp. 596-597, 436-445.

Wilson, Kenneth M., New England Glass and Glassmaking, Old Sturbridge Village Book, New York, Crowell, 1972, pp. 185-191, 198-213.

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. 117, no. 55.

Exhibition HistoryNew York World's Fair, 1939