Flask, Pocket
- Object Name:
- Flask, Pocket
- Object ID:
- 1954.029.029.1
- Creator:
- Keene (Marlboro Street) Glass Works
- Place of Origin:
- Keene, NH
- Date:
- 1815-1841
- Description:
- Flask. Dark olive blown and molded glass; flattened ovoid body with curved shoulder, short, cylindrical neck and plain lip. Pint size; Front: Embossed profile of George Washington, facing left, in uniform with epaulet on shoulder. Hair fashioned in long queue. "WASHINGTON" in semi-circle above. Reverse: Embossed profile of Andrew Jackson, facing left, in uniform with epaulet on shoulder. "JACKSON" in semi-circle above bust. Heavy vertical ribs on sides. Rough pontil mark on bottom. "MCK31/ 12.00" written in ink on red bordered rectangular paper label adhered to bottom.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-5.6 W-3.75 D-2.3 inches
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Raymond D. Allen
- Subjects:
- George Washington, Andrew Jackson, War, Heroes
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