Flask, Pocket
- Object Name:
- Flask, Pocket
- Object ID:
- 1965.013.250
- Creator:
- Keene (Marlboro Street) Glass Works
Writer - Place of Origin:
- Keene, NH
- Date:
- 1815-1841
- Description:
- Flask, olive glass, blown in two piece mold. Designs on oval panels. Obverse: American Eagle, head to right, wings partly raised. Eagle stands on rock formation, holding thunderbolt (3 arrows) in its right talons, olive branch in left. Shield on breast is scalloped at top, with vertical bars below. Reverse: cornucopia coiled to left and filled with produce, an "X" at left of cornucopia. Straight neck with plain lip. Bottom is slightly concave with a a rough pontil scar. Seam lines visible on bottom.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-6.9 W-4.3 D-2.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Gift of Mrs Harry K. Rogers.
- Credit Line:
- Mr. and Mrs. Harry K. Rogers Collection, Gift of Josephine P. Rogers
- People:
- Rogers, Josephine (1887-1970)
- Subjects:
- Flasks, Glass industry, Glass working, Glassblowing
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