Flask

Glassware

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Flask

Entry/Object ID

2023.28.025

Description

Mold-blown glass aquamarine violin/scroll one quart flask with a plain lip. Obverse has a large heart shaped frame containing elaborate scrolls and at the top a large six-pointed star. In the space above frame where outer and edge ribs terminate there is a similar large six-pointed star. Broken pontil on bottom. Edges are have a heavy vertical medial rib.

Collection

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Category

Flask
Glassware

Glassware Details

Glassware Type

Flask

Technique

Blown, Molded

Pattern Number

McKearin GIX-5.

Made/Created

Date made

1830 - 1850

Dimensions

Height

9 in

Width

5-1/2 in

Diameter

3 in

Material

Glass

Relationships

Related Publications

Publication

American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry

Notes

pg. 617 (GIX-5)