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Figured Jar

Manufacturer Keene (Marlboro Street) Glass Works (American, 1814-1841)

Place of OriginUnited States, New Hampshire, Keene

Date1828-1836

Dimensions6 1/16 in. (15.4 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.394

Not on View

DescriptionOlive-green glass. Blown in a full-size two-part mold (McKearin G.I-31) that formed body and base. On the obverse: a profile bust of George Washington in uniform. On the reverse: a profile bust of Andrew Jackson in uniform. The neck was enlarged by tooling to form a jar. The base is plain except for a moldmark and a faint pontil mark. Capacity: 1 pint.

Published ReferencesWhite, Harry Hall, "Keene, New Hampshire," Antiques, vol. 11, June 1927, pp. 459-463 (Reprint 1, pp. 157-160), pp. 459-463.

McKearin, 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.I-31, p. 519, no. 31.

McKearin, Helen A., and Kenneth M. Wilson, American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry, New York, Crown, 1978, G.I-31 pp. 531, 99-104, 450-454, 475-478.

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. 63.