Flask [realia] : Traveler's Companion Flask 1857-1869

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Flask [realia] : Traveler's Companion Flask 1857-1869

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123085654

This glass flask is quart-sized. Inscribed on the obverse is "Traveler's" ("s" is smaller) in an arc above and "Companion" ("A" has no crossbar) in reverse arc below, with a star ornament formed by a circle of eight triangles around a plain center about 1.5 cm in diameter. On the reverse side is "Ravenna" above the star and "Glass Co" below. The flask's form is a long slender body with a smooth base and smooth edges (vertical mold seam) curving gently to the rounded shoulder. The neck is tooled with a flat ring below a thickened plain lip.

1 item : aquamarine ; 11.5 x 22 x 6.5 cm

Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6811427

Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society

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Ravenna Glass Company

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Ravenna Glass Company, also known as Ravenna Glass Works, was founded in Ravenna, Ohio in 1857. Various manifestations of the company emerged and failed between 1857 and 1893. The company produced glass flasks, bottles, fruit jars, and druggists' ware. The glass factory burned in 1888, and the company was purchased in 1889 by States Glass Company and ultimately liquidated in 1893. ...