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Flask, Pocket

Object Name:
Flask, Pocket
Object ID:
1954.029.033
Creator:
Willington Glass Company
Place of Origin:
West Willington, CT
Date:
1860-1872
Description:
Flask. Dark olive green blown and molded glass; pint size; flattened elongated body with tapered neck and rounded lip. Front: American eagle, head facing left, wings raised and shield with six bars on breast holding wreath of laurel branches. "LIBERTY" embossed above eagle. Reverse: "WILLINGTON / GLASS, CO. / WEST WILLINGTON / CONN" (First and third lines slightly curved). Vertical mold seams; Smooth pontil mark on bottom. Paper label rectangular clipped borders one line "3.50".
Material:
Glass
Dimensions:
H-7.4 W-3.8 D-2.3 inches
Credit Line:
Bequest of Raymond D. Allen
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