Flask, Pocket
- Object Name:
- Flask, Pocket
- Object ID:
- 1954.029.035.2
- Creator:
- Coffin & Hay
- Place of Origin:
- Hammonton, NJ
- Date:
- 1836
- Description:
- Flask. Aquamarine blown and molded, pebbled glass; pint size; flattened ovoid body with tapered, cylindrical neck and plain lip. Front: American eagle, facing left, with thirteen stars above, wings outstretched, large shield with vertical bars across bottom and narrow, horizontal bars across top. Crossed olive and laurel branches beneath shield. Reverse: American flag furled around standard embossed on panel. "FOR OUR" at left, and "COUNTRY" at right, embossed beneath flag. Seven vertical ribs around sides. Vertical mold seams. Rough pontil mark on bottom. Partial rectangular paper label: "900" with superscript "00".
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-7 W-4.8 D-2.7 inches
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Raymond D. Allen
- People:
- Allen, Raymond D. (1895-1953)
- Subjects:
- Eagle, Flags, Patriotism, Liquor
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