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Object Name: 
Flask
Department
American
Category
Early American
Maker(s)
Stebbins and Stebbins, Manufacturer
Place Made: 
United States, Coventry, CT
Date: 
about 1824-1825
Color
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olive
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amber
Technique
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blow molding
Material
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glass
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 18.5 cm
Accession Number: 
60.4.87
Location: 
On Display
Description
Olive amber glass; mold-blown; plain lip, pontil mark. Obverse: Lafayette, profile facing right. Reverse: oval frame enclosing French Liberty Cap on pole and semi-circle of eleven five-pointed stars above frame. Inscription: "LA FAYETTE." in semi-circle above bust; below "COVETRY" in semi-circle above "C-T"; "N" omitted; reverse - below frame "S & S". Edges: finely ribbed vertically; two horizontal ribs at base which extend around flask.
Provenance
McKearin Antiques, Source to 1960
McKearin, George S., Former Collection to 1960

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Exhibitions

American Historical Flasks
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1953 through 1953
Publications
1

Publications

Glass: A Short History (The British Museum edition) (2012) illustrated, p. 93;
Glass: A Short History (Smithsonian Books edition) (2012) illustrated, p. 93; BIB# 130360
The illustrated encyclopedia of glass (2011) illustrated, pp. 92, 115 (left); BIB# 128671
Glassmaking, America's First Industry (2009-01) illustrated, p. 240, Fig. 4;
The Corning Museum of Glass, A Guide to the Collections (2001) (2001) illustrated, p. 109, left; BIB# 68214
The Encyclopedia of Glass (2001) illustrated, p. 102; BIB# 69319
Antiques Roadshow Primer: The introductry guide to antiques and collectibles from the most-watched series on PBS (1999) p. 103; BIB# 64891
1999 Commemorative Stamp Yearbook: Nature of America (1999) p. 42; BIB# 63171
The Story of American Historical Flasks (1953) p. 50, #229; BIB# 67719

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