LIBERTY and EAGLE pint Flask

LIBERTY & EAGLE
Willington Glass Co / West Willington, Conn

Eagle Flask, Deep Olive Green Pint, Liberty over Eagle on Laurel Wreath;
on obverse "WILMINGTON / GLASS Co / WEST WILMINGTON / CONN
Sheared mouth, rough pontil
Circa : 1845
Height : 7-5/16"
Fine

Ref : McKearin G II - 64......... SCARCE
(George & Helen McKearin. AMERICAN GLASS)

Provenance : purchased circa 1950's from USN Commander (Ret) George Stephens Knight, while he was living on South Washington Street, Alexandria, Virginia. Knight, born in Livingston, Tennessee, died in Alexandria in 1997 (according to Clerk of the Alexandria VA Circuit Court, Ed Semonian.

# m002g ...................................SOLD