Flask, Pocket
- Object Name:
- Flask, Pocket
- Object ID:
- 1954.029.002
- Creator:
- Kensington Glass Works; Dyott, Thomas W.
- Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date:
- 1818-1837
- Description:
- Flask. Aquamarine blown and molded glass; pint size; flattened ovoid body with short cylindrical neck and plain lip. Front: American eagle head facing right, shield with seven bars, arrows in right talon, olive branch in left talon. Sunburst behind head. Eagle perched on horizontal oval panel with pearl border containing "T.W.D." Reverse: Masonic arch on block pavement, sheaf of wheat with pitchfork, shovel and rake in center. Scrolled bracket beneath pavement. Vertical mold seams. Smooth pontil mark on bottom. Paper label with 2 lines faded characters: "McK 251 / 14-".
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-6.5 W-4.3 D-2.6 inches
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Raymond D. Allen
- Subjects:
- Agriculture, Eagle, Masonry, Nationalism, Liquor
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