Artist/Maker Coventry Glass Works (active 1813 - 1850)

Figured flask

1825-1840

Place madeUnited States, North America

PossiblyConnecticut

Glass

Overall: 7 x 5 x 2 1/2 in. ( 17.8 x 12.7 x 6.4 cm )

Gift of Clarence G. Michalis

1953.381

DescriptionGreen non-lead glass figured flask blown in a full-sized, two-part mold (McKearin GIII-4); flask has hand-tooled, flared clylindrical neck, rounded shoulders, ovoid body embossed with a cornucopia of fruit on the obverse with a two-handled gadrooned urn of fruit on the reverse, and an oval base with a pontil mark.

ClassificationsGLASS