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American Eagle Flask
Possibly by: Coffin & Hay
about 1830–60
Object Place: Winslow, New Jersey, United States
Medium/Technique
Pale green glass
Dimensions
21.59 x 13.97 x 8.89 cm (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Philip B. Holmes in honor of George C. Seybolt
Accession Number1987.738
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsGlass
Catalogue Raisonné
McKearin, GII-55
Van Rensselaer, 44 GI
DescriptionPale green glass with plain lip and smooth pontil.
Obverse: American Eagle, head turned left, wings partly raised. Shield (blank) on breast. Thunderbolt with three arrows in right talons and laurel leaves in left. Thirteen five-pointed stars above eagle.
Reverse: Large, single bunch of grapes depending fromstem with two leaves.
Obverse: American Eagle, head turned left, wings partly raised. Shield (blank) on breast. Thunderbolt with three arrows in right talons and laurel leaves in left. Thirteen five-pointed stars above eagle.
Reverse: Large, single bunch of grapes depending fromstem with two leaves.