Figured Bottle (Calabash)

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Figured Bottle (Calabash)

Place of OriginUnited States

Date1850-1865

Dimensions9 1/16 in. (23 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.436

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DescriptionLight aquamarine coloring. Blown in a full-size mold (McKearin G.I-36) of two vertical sections that formed the body and the broad basal ring and a base plate that formed the central kick-up. On the obverse: a profile bust of George Washington in classical dress. On the reverse: a tree with foliage. Round reinforced collar applied and tooled with a special tool. Within the basal ring is a plain, medium-high kick-up with a rough, open pontil mark. Capacity: one quart.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S., and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, G.I-36, pp. 520-521, no. 36.

McKearin, Helen A., and Kenneth M. Wilson, American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry, New York, Crown, 1978, G.I-36, pp. 532-533, 450-454.

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. 131, no. 95.

Exhibition HistoryNew York World's Fair, 1939.