Calabash Bottle

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Object Name: 
Calabash Bottle
Accession Number: 
60.4.38
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 22.9 cm, W: 13.8 cm, D: Diam (max):
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1850-1859
Primary Description: 
Aquamarine glass; mold-blown; rounded collar with ring, pontil mark. Obverse: small classical profile bust of Washington with queue, facing left. Reverse: large tree in foliage varying in details from GI-35. Edges: vertical fluting.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
GI-36
Provenance: 
McKearin Antiques, Source
Color: 
aquamarine
Technique: 
mold-blowing
Material: 
glass

Exhibitions (1)

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

Publications (1)

The Story of American Historical Flasks (1953) illustrated, p. 49, #216; BIB# 67719