Flask, Pocket
- Object Name:
- Flask, Pocket
- Object ID:
- 1954.029.036
- Creator:
- Chambers, Alexander & David H.
- Place of Origin:
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Date:
- 1865-1875
- Description:
- Flask. Aquamarine blown and molded glass; quart size. Flattened oblong bottle with sloping shoulders, cylindrical neck, flat ring around neck and plain lip. Front: large shield with clasped hands in panel above oval panel with "OLD RYE" embossed. Laurel branches on two sides of shield. Thirteen stars in arch and "UNION" above shield. Reverse: right facing flying eagle with banner in beak. "A&DHC" on lower half of banner. "PITTSBURGH" embossed on stylized cartouche beneath the eagle. Vertical mold seams, smooth pontil mark on bottom. Paper label on bottom 3 lines rectangular red border with clipped corners: "Similar / To McK / 255 600" (with "00" superscript and underlined).
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-9.3 W-4.9 D-2.85 inches
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Raymond D. Allen
- Subjects:
- Glassblowing, Glass industry, Glass working, Glassware, Hands, Eagle
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