Flask

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Object Name: 
Flask
Place Made: 
United States, Midwestern
Accession Number: 
60.4.528
Dimensions: 
H: 22.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1861-about 1879
Primary Description: 
Dark olive green glass; mold-blown, applied collar. Obverse: shield with vertical stripes in background, clasped hands in upper portion and oval in lower portion. Reverse: flying eagle with banner in beak and shield on breast; frame below. Inscription: "UNION" above shield. Edges: vertical seam.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
GXII-10
Provenance: 
McKearin Antiques, Source
Color: 
dark olive green
Technique: 
mold-blown

Publications (1)

Pittsburgh Glass, 1797-1891 (1976) illustrated, p. 219, fig, 215 (bottom left); BIB# 19272