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Flask with Farmer's Arms and Masonic Symbols
1823-1838
White Glass Works; Joseph Shephard & Co.
USA: Ohio, Zanesville
Glass, paper, ink
overall: 7"h x 4-1/4"w x 2-1/2"d
Special Acquisitions Fund
75.47.3

Glass flask with Farmer's Arms and Masonic symbols; one pint; mold blown; amber; sides vertically ribbed; tooled lip; obverse: two columns with arch formed by eight stones plus keystone, with 22 widely-spaced bricks forming mosaic pavement; within arch, sheaf of rye, pitchfork, shovel, rake, sickle, axe and scythe; below pavement, elaborate scroll ornament; reverse: eagle with shield bearing stripes, head turned to PL, rays over head, with "ZANESVILLE" above; three arrows and olive branch in talons; eagle stands on oval frame with inner band of tiny pearls and "OHIO" at center; below oval, "J. SHEPHARD [S reversed] & CO.". Pontil mark at bottom, as well a white rectangular paper sticker with "1406-6" handwritten in ink. White paper sticker on neck has "398B" printed on it in black ink.



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