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1848-1850 Patriotic Zachary Taylor Glass Flask

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1848-1850 Patriotic Zachary Taylor Glass Flask
Glass and Porcelain
1848-1850 Zachary Taylor Patriotic "Gen. Taylor" Glass "Fells Point - Balt.” Flask
c. 1850, Zachary Taylor, "Fells Point - Balt.,” Light Green Glass Flask, Near Mint.
This light green, nearly clear, blown-glass flask is made to honor Major General (and later United States President) Zachary Taylor. The cast portrait of “Old Rough and Ready,” as Taylor was known, appears on one side of the flask with his name, "Gen. Taylor," surrounding his image. The raised central image on the opposite side of the flask is a portrayal of Fells Point with the word, "Fells Point” above and “Balt.” below. This pleasing flask measures 7.25" x 5.75" in pint size. It exhibits well and is in Near Mint condition.
Taylor (1786-1850) was inaugurated as the 12th President of the United States on March 5, 1849, and died in office little more than a year later, on July 9, 1850. Fell's Point was Baltimore's first port and the second-leading port of entry for European immigrants (Ellis Island was the leading port of entry for European Immigrants).