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Figured Flask

Manufacturer Albany Glass Works (American, about 1847-1850)

Place of OriginAlbany, New York, United States

Date1847-1851

Dimensions5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.410

Not on View

DescriptionLight yellowish green. Blown in a full-size mold (McKearin G.I-30) of two vertical sections and a base plate. On the obverse: a three-quarter profile bust of George Washington in civilian dress. The reverse is plain except for the inscription. The base is plain except for a slightly rough pontil mark. Capacity: one-half pint.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S., and Helen A. McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, G.I-30, p. 519, no. 30.

McKearin, Helen A., and Kenneth M. Wilson, American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry, New York, Crown, 1978, G.I-30, pp. 531, 146, 450-454, no. 20.

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. 126, 80.

Exhibition HistoryNew York World's Fair, 1939.