Flask, Pocket
- Object Name:
- Flask, Pocket
- Object ID:
- 1954.029.075
- Creator:
- Dyottville Glass Works
- Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date:
- 1850-1860
- Description:
- Flask. Aquamarine, blown and molded glass; pint size. Flattened oblong body with curved shoulders, cylindrical neck and plain lip. Front: American Eagle, facing right, wings partly raised, holding long narrow ribbon in beak which flows backward. Rocky formation below eagle - and between rocks and eagle is shield with small stars at top and six vertical bars. Words "E PLURIBUS UNUM" on ribbon (hardly legible). Reverse: "DYOTTVILLE GLASS WORKS" and below "PHILA°" embossed in arch formation. Vertical mold seams. Paper label rectangular clipped corners red border handwritten "{ ***60 } / [ ****}" *obscured.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-8.35 W-4.4 D-2 inches
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Raymond D. Allen
- People:
- Allen, Raymond D. (1895-1953)
- Subjects:
- Glass blowing, Glass industry, Glass working, Glassware, Eagle
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