Flask, Pocket
- Object Name:
- Flask, Pocket
- Object ID:
- 1954.029.115
- Creator:
- Keene (Marlboro Street) Glass Works
- Place of Origin:
- Keene, NH
- Date:
- 1815-1841
- Description:
- Flask. Amber blown and molded glass; pint size; flattened oval body with short, tapered neck and rounded lip. Front: American eagle, head turned right, wings partly raised. Shield with five vertical bars on breast beneath two horizontal bars with slightly scalloped top.Three arrows i; eagle's right talon, olive branch in left. Eagle stands on rock formation. Reverse: Cornucopia coiled to left, filled with fruit and flowers, "X" at left of cornucopia. Heavy ribs on sides, two vertical mold seams and rough pontil mark on bottom. Paper label rectangular red border clipped corners: "500" with zeros superscript and underlined.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-6.8 W-4.5 D-2.55 inches
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Raymond D. Allen
- People:
- Allen, Raymond D. (1895-1953)
- Subjects:
- Eagle, Cornucopias, Liquor, Glass blowing
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