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Figured Flask

Manufacturer Coventry Glass Works (American, 1813-1850)

Place of OriginCoventry, Connecticut, United States

Date1828-1836

Dimensions5 11/16 in. (14.4 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.395

Not on View

DescriptionOlive-green glass. Blown in a full-size two-part mold (McKearin G.I-34) 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. Neck and rim finished by reheating and tooling. The base is plain except for a faint moldmark and a solid 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.I-34, pp. 520-521, no. 34.

McKearin, Helen A., and Kenneth M. Wilson, American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry, New York, Crown, 1978, G.1-34, pp. 520-521, no. 34, pp. 530-531, 450-454, 475-478.

Wilson, Kenneth M., New England Glass and Glassmaking, Old Sturbridge Village Book, New York, Crowell, 1972, pp. 124-125, fig. 84.

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. 62.