Flask

Object/Artifact

Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Flask

Entry/Object ID

2022.41.057

Description

Aquamarine flask, broken pontil. McKearin (GI-26), Quart, Plain lip. Obverse: George Washington, Classical profile with queue, facing left. Reverse: Large American Eagle, head turned to the right. Shielf with 8 vertical and 2 horizontal bars on the breast; wings partly raised and right foreshortened. Thunderbolt (3 arrows) in its right taons. Olive branch in left. Seven 5 pointed stars above eagle and 5 below. Edges: Heavy veritcal medial rib with narrow rib on each side and 2 narrow rivs forming outer edge of each panel.

Collection

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Bridgeton Glass Works

Date made

1830 - 1850

Place

City

Bridgeton

State/Province

New Jersey

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Dimensions

Height

8-1/2 in

Width

5-1/4 in

Diameter

1 in

Material

Glass

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Related Publications

Notes

"American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry" by Helen McKearin and Kenneth M. Wilson. pg. 529 (GI-26)