Flask
Manufacturer
Unknown
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1859-1875
MediumMold blown glass
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)
Inscribed"FOR PIKES PEAK" AND "CEREDO".
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Paul Brandwein
Object number78.337
Not on view
DescriptionFlask of mold blown aquamarine glass. Pint sized. Design of prospector with a staff in his right hand and a pack on a stick on his right shoulder held by the left hand. Above reads "FOR PIKES PEAK". Oval blank medallion below. Reverse design of a primative eagle with its' wings down holding three arrows in each claw. Below this is a medallion reading "CEREDO".Published ReferencesMcKearin & Wilson, _American Bottles & Flasks_, pg. 641, GXI-35, "Comparatively Scarce", type 11 neck & 2 base. Innes, _Pittsburgh Glass_, pg. 214, similar. Marsh, _The American Story Recorded in Glass_, #158, pg. 210. Corning-McKearin, Catalogue, pg. 69, #302.
