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Flask

Object/Artifact

Mold Blown Aquamarine Flask American eagle flask is called a “Double Eagle” as the same embossed eagle occurs on both sides of the flask. A large embossed American eagle that occurs in the oval facial panels on the front and back sides. The eagle’s head is turned to the left with its wings raised and spread. A ribbon extends from the eagle’s beak arching above the eagle. A distinct “U” character can be seen in the ribbon. Above the ribbon are two rows of arching four-pointed stars, eight stars above and six stars below. The breast shield has seven vertical bars. There are three arrows or thunderbolts in the right talon and an olive branch in the left talon. Below the talons is a horizontal oval outlined frame containing an eight-pointed star. Surrounding the eagle, stars, and oval, in a horseshoe configuration, is corrugated ribbing on the flask edges with a vertical medial rib. The flask has a plain lip and a broken pontil. McKearin: AGI-24

2022.41.056

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Kentucky Glass Works

1850 - 1860

Louisville

Kentucky

United States of America

North America

7 in

4-1/2 in

1 in

Glass

"American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry" by Helen McKearin and Kenneth M. Wilson. pgs. 562-563 (AGI-24)

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