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

Flask

Manufacturer Coventry Glass Works

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1820

MediumMolded glass

DimensionsOverall: 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Base: 2 3/16 x 1 7/8 in. (5.6 x 4.8 cm)

InscribedMold mark across bottom.

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Willcox Ruffin

Object number64.117.27

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-3, Case 16

DescriptionHalf pint flask of olive green two-part molded glass. Sunburst of twenty-four pointed rays on each side. Corrugated edges. Plain neck and sheared rim. Rough pontil. Mold mark across bottom.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, _American Glass_, pg. 568-569, No. 302, GVIII-18. Wilson, _New England Glass & Glassmakers_, pg. 113-129, fig. 78B. McKearin-Wilson, _American Bottles & Flasks_, pg. 110.