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- Flask, 1833-1835 - Glass factories in America began producing inexpensive, mold-formed flasks in the early 1800s. These figured flasks often were decorated with symbols of national pride or political or cultural affiliation. Other flasks provided advertisement for the glass company. Owners of Wheat, Price and Company in Wheeling, West Virginia, molded their name and an image of their factory on this flask.
- 1833-1835
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Flask, 1833-1835
Glass factories in America began producing inexpensive, mold-formed flasks in the early 1800s. These figured flasks often were decorated with symbols of national pride or political or cultural affiliation. Other flasks provided advertisement for the glass company. Owners of Wheat, Price and Company in Wheeling, West Virginia, molded their name and an image of their factory on this flask.