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Figured Flask

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

Place of OriginUnited States, New York, Albany

Date1847-1850

Dimensions7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.392

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DescriptionLight greenish blue. Blown in a full-size mold of two vertical sections and a base plate. On the obverse: a three-quarter profile bust of George Washington in civilian dress. On the reverse: a vessel sailing right. Broad, sloping collar applied and shaped with a special lip-forming tool. The base is plain except for a moldmark and a red iron oxide pontil mark in a circular center concavity. Capacity: one pint.

Published ReferencesBarber, Edwin Atlee, American Glassware, Old and New: A Sketch of the Glass Industry in the United States and Manual for Collectors of Historical Bottles, Philadelphia, Patterson and White, 1900, no. 257