Flask, Pocket

Object Name:: Flask, Pocket
Object ID:: 1954.029.018
Creator:: Kensington Glass Works
Place of Origin:: Philadelphia, PA
Date:: 1826-1835
Description:: Flask. Aquamarine blown and molded glass; pint size, flattened ovoid body with cylindrical neck and plain lip. Front: Portrait of George Washington, in uniform, three-quarter view, facing left. on panel; "GENERAL WASHINGTON" embossed, in semi-circle above figure. "ADAMS & JEFFERSON/ JULY 4, A. D. 1776 ***" embossed on outer band around panel. Reverse: American Eagle, facing right, with shield on chest with seven vertical bars, wings partly raised, five arrows in right talons, olive branch in left. Seventeen rays from sunburst behind eagle"s head. "E. PLURIBUS UNUM" embossed in semi-circle around top of panel. Eagle standing on horizontal oval with beaded border. "T.W.D" embossed inside center of oval panel. "KENSINGTON GLASS / WORKS PHILADELPHIA" embossed on outer band around panel. Vertical mold seams. Rough pontil mark on bottom. Two labels, one white with printed characters all caps: "Allen / Collection" Next label rectangular: "1000 "(last 2 zeros superscript and underlined), adhered to bottom.
Material:: Glass
Dimensions:: H-6.9 W-4.4 D-2.7 inches
Credit Line:: Bequest of Raymond D. Allen
People:: Adams, John (1735-1826), Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826), Washington, George (1732-1799), Dyott, Thomas W. (1777-1861), Allen, Raymond D. (1895-1953)
Subjects:: Eagle, Liquor, Patriotism