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Object Name:

Flask

Maker(s):

Pitkin Glassworks, Factory

possibly

Keene-Marlboro Street Glassworks, Factory

Place Made:

United States, probably New England

United States, possibly NH

United States, probably CT

Accession Number:

50.4.250

Dimensions:

Overall H: 18 cm, Body W (max): 6.4 cm, D (max): 10 cm

Location:

On Display

Date:

1775-1825

Primary Description:

Flask. Green or bottle glass, non-lead, clear olive-amber; pattern-molded and free-blown; long slender form, ovoid between circular at bottom and top, cylindrical neck with sheared mouth, slightly pushed-up base with rough pontil mark; pattern of fine ribbing swirled to left, vertical ribbing imposed on swirled and reaching to a point about 3/4" (1.9 cm) to 1" (2.5 cm) below top of swirled ribbing.