Sunburst Flask

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Object Name: 
Sunburst Flask
Place Made: 
United States, New England
Accession Number: 
60.4.359
Dimensions: 
H: 22.3 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1815-about 1817
Primary Description: 
Light green glass; mold-blown; plain lip, pontil mark, lead glass. Obverse: large elliptical sunburst, twenty-four triangular sectioned rays, flattened at ends, forming closed ellipse; the effect is that of a raised panel. Reverse: same as obverse. Edges: horizontally corrugated; corrugations extend around flask at the base and around upper part between neck and squared and concave shoulders.

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Department: 
Early Modern
Pattern Name: 
GVIII-2
Provenance: 
McKearin Antiques, Source
Color: 
light green
Technique: 
mold-blowing
Material: 
glass