Flask, Pocket
- Object Name:
- Flask, Pocket
- Object ID:
- 1965.013.228
- Creator:
- Keene (Marlboro Street) Glass Works
- Place of Origin:
- Keene, NH
- Date:
- 1815-1841
- Description:
- Flask. Olive, blown and molded glass; pint size. Flattened ovoid body with cylindrical neck and rounded lip. Front: Eagle with outstretched wings facing left, shield on breast, banner above head and arrows in talons. "KCCNC " embossed in horizontal oval panel beneath the eagle. reverse: Masonic arch and columns with all seeing eye, compass, square and radiant pyramid. Twelve paving blocks on horizontal rectangle panel below columns. Crossbones, moon and stars around arch. Ribbed vertical mold seams; Rough pontil mark on bottom.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-7.6 W-4.1 D-2.4 inches
- Credit Line:
- Mr. and Mrs. Harry K. Rogers Collection, Gift of Josephine P. Rogers
- Subjects:
- Glass blowing, Glass working, Glassware, Flasks, Eagle, Masonry, Symbols
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