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Flask, Pocket

Object Name:
Flask, Pocket
Object ID:
1954.029.029.2
Creator:
Keene (Marlboro Street) Glass Works
Place of Origin:
Keene, NH
Date:
1815-1841
Description:
Flask. Dark olive-amber glass; pint size, blown in two-piece mold, plain neck, uneven mouth. Profile of George Washington, facing left, in uniform with bars on lapel. Hair fashioned in long queue. "WASHINGTON" in semi-circle above. Reverse: Andrew Jackson, in uniform, left profile, bars on coat also. "JACKSON" in semi-circle above bust.
Material:
Glass
Dimensions:
H-5.75 W-3.625 D-2 inches
Provenance:
From a collection of historical and pictorial flasks.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Raymond D. Allen
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