Figured Flask

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Figured Flask

Place of OriginEastern United States

Date1830-1840

Dimensions5 1/4 in. (13.4 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.398A

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DescriptionDark olive-green. Blown in a full-size two-part mold (McKearin G.III-12) that formed body and base. On the obverse: a cornucopia coiled to the right, filled with fruit and vegetables. On the reverse: an urn decorated with seven vertical bars, filled with fruit and vegetables. The base is plain except for a keyed moldmark. 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.III-12, pp. 550-551, no. 211, pp. 589, 421-422.

McKearin, Helen A., and Kenneth M. Wilson, American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry, New York, Crown, 1978, G.III-12, p.589, no. 421-422.

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. 118, no. 58.