Flask, Pocket
- Object Name:
- Flask, Pocket
- Object ID:
- 1954.029.117
- Creator:
- Dyottville Glass Works
- Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date:
- circa 1848
- Description:
- Flask. Aquamarine blown and molded glass. Pint size; Flattened ovoid body with cylindrical neck and .75-inch flat band below rounded lip. Front: Profile bust length left facing portrait of George Washington; queue tied with three ribbons. "WASHINGTON" beneath image in semi-circle. Reverse: Profile bust length, left facing portrait of Zachary Taylor; in uniform with five buttons and epaulets. "G. Z. TAYLOR" beneath image in semi-circle. Vertical mold seams; Rough pontil mark on bottom. "McK50/7.50" written blue ink on a white paper label with red border attached to bottom.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-7.2 W-4.7 D-2.35 inches
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Raymond D. Allen
- Subjects:
- Liquor, Heroes, Patriotism
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