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Figured flask

Place of OriginMidwest

Date1835-1855

DimensionsH: 7 1/8 in. (18.2 cm)

MediumBluish-green glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1953.93

Not on View

DescriptionBlown in a full-size two-part mold (McKearin G.IX-10) that formed body and base. On both sides: an inverted heart shape formed by scrolls, with two small eight-pointed stars. The base is plain except for a moldmark and a rough, open pontil mark. Capacity: 1 pint.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, Helen A., and Kenneth M. Wilson, American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry, New York, Crown, 1978, G.IX-10, pp. 618-619, 422-423.

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. 121, no. 66.