ITEM 6971. "KEEN - P &
W" SUNBURST FLASK, (similar to McK# GVIII-10), golden olive
amber, pontil scar, half-pint, sheared and fire polished mouth,
about mint (some highpoint wear and a tiny, skin-deep base edge
flake). Keene Marlboro, Street Glass Works, Keene, NH, 1820-1840.
For years it has been my opinion that the mold charted as GVIII-10
did not exist and those sunbursts catalogued as such were actually
overblown GVIII-9s. I am still not convinced about the existence
of the 10 BUT if I have ever seen one, this is it. Noticeably
broader and puffier than a typical 9, this flask is very crisply
embossed and thus does not show evidence of overblowing. It also
appears to have the more "squared" shoulders as documented
by McKearin. In any event, this is a very attractive flask with
good heft, an interestingly tooled mouth, boldly defined ribbing
and a color than is more amber than olive.
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