Artist/Maker
Mount Vernon Glass Works
(active 1810 - 1844)
Success to the Railroad flask
ca. 1835-1840
Place madeVernon, New York, United States
Glass
Overall: 7 × 5 × 2 in. (17.8 × 12.7 × 5.1 cm)
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
1953.380
DescriptionGreen non-lead glass figured flask blown in a full-size two-part mold (McKearin GV-5) with hand-tooled flared neck, ovoid body with horse-drawn railroad car on track with inscription "SUCCESS TO THE RAIL ROAD" on obverse and reverse, and flat base with blowpipe mark.Markingsin relief: on obverse and reverse: "SUCCESS TO THE RAIL ROAD"
ClassificationsGLASS
