6 ”h., Yellow green, with olive tone, pint, heavy bottle glass, pear or scroll shaped body covered in tiny seed bubbles, patterned molded with 28 ribs broken swirl with so called popcorn kernel effect, applied round collar, pontil scar; Midwestern, probably made at the New Geneva Glass Works, New Geneva, Pa., c., 1799, possibly made in an Eastern Glass Factory, c. 1760-1800, mint condition; A stunning early period Pitkin one of the finest we have seen. The bottle is made of a heavy, gutsy, hard metal, covered from head to toe with seed bubbles and grit, dirty glass, the ultimate in character and presence . In regard to it's rare form, free blown flasks from Zanesville and New Geneva are known to have been made in the scroll shape, possibly a style brought to America by German glass blowers. Regardless of where this flask was made is secondary to the fact that it WAS made ; perhaps the finest, no question one of the most interesting and inspiring, early pattern molded flasks that you will find!