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Flask, Pocket

Object Name:
Flask, Pocket
Object ID:
1954.029.046
Creator:
Stebbins & Stebbins; Coventry Glass Factory Company
Place of Origin:
Coventry, CT
Date:
1825-1830
Description:
Flask. Olive-amber blown-in-mold glass. Pint size; flattened ovoid body with cylindrical neck and rough lip. Front: "LAFAYETTE" embossed in semi-circle above right facing profile of man. "COVETRY[sic] / C-T" below. Reverse: French Liberty Cap on pole embossed in oval; eleven five-pointed stars in arc above frame. Underneath, "S & S". Rectangular paper label: "1600" with "00" superscript and underlined. Rough pontil scar.
Material:
Glass
Dimensions:
H-7.4 W-4.1 D-2.5 inches
Provenance:
Gift of Raymond D. Allen
Credit Line:
Bequest of Raymond D. Allen
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