New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Covered flask

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1912

MediumPressed glass | Cork

DimensionsOverall: 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Paul Brandwein

Object number79.166.8

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DescriptionBottle/flask of pressed amber glass. In the shape of a cigar. Vice-Presidential candidate Thomas R. Marshall said what the country needed was "A good five-cent cigar" and this is known as the Marshall cigar. Cork stopper.

Published ReferencesRevi, AMERICAN PRESSED GLASS & FIGURE BOTTLES, pg. 387, similar but illustrated with simulated band which this doesn't have. Lindsey, AMERICAN HISTORICAL GLASS, pg. 359, no. 366.