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Figured Flask

Manufacturer East Hartford Glass Works (American, 1783/1788-1830)

Place of OriginEast Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Date1820-1825

Dimensions7 5/16 in. (18.5 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.403

Not on View

DescriptionClear green. Blown in a full-size mold (McKearin G.VIII-5) of two vertical sections and a base plate. On both sides: a sunburst of twenty-four rays. The base is plain except for a rough, open pontil mark. Capacity: 1 pint.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S., and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, G.VIII-5, pp. 566-567, no. 289.

McKearin, Helen A., and Kenneth M. Wilson, American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry, New York, Crown, 1978, G.VIII-5, pp. 610-611, 54-58, 420-421.

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. 112, no. 41.