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Figured Flask

Manufacturer Louisville Glass Works (American, 1855-1873)

Place of OriginLouisville, Kentucky, United States

Date1855-1873

Dimensions6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.391

Not on View

DescriptionLight greenish. Blown in a full-size two-part mold (McKearin G.II-30) that formed body and base. On both sides: vertical ribs and a small raised medallion with an eagle. The base is plain except for a small, 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.II-30, p. 541, no. 152.

McKearin, Helen A., and Kenneth M. Wilson, American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry, New York, Crown, 1978, G.II-30, pp. 564-565, 169-173, 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. 129, no. 91.

Exhibition HistoryNew York World's Fair, 1939.