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M.M.A. = Metropolitan Museum of Art.
These flasks were hand blown at various glasshouses in the style of Henry William Stiegel. Each is unique and pontilled. Some were blown at Pairpoint Glass and some at other glass houses. Many are etched on the bottom...MMA.

(TNCGAL can add to this , if she would).[:D]

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Did I hear someone calling my name. :)

This amethyst Thin Ribbed Swirl Flask was made for MMA by Joe Hamon and is featured in their 1993 catalog. Joe began working with glass in his father's glass factory at the age of 7. Joe's father, Orville Hamon, entered the glass blowing business in 1917, working for Kanawha before starting his own company, Scott Depot Glass.

Joe Hamon had contracts with the MMA, Washington Cathedral and the Smithsonian. He retired at the end of 2000 and turned off the gas valve at his glass company in Durango, Colorado. His son and daughter, Tim and Cheryl, are third generation glassblowers. Perhaps the tradition will continue as Cheryl's son, Andy, learns the trade.

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Thankee...Thankee...Thankee, Brenda...[;)]

Here's another Hamon flask made for the MMA.



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BOTTLENUTBOY...can't be exactly certain, but your flask is possibly a Clevenger Bros. repRo... and definitely not MMA.

One very similar to yours was described as an early poison flask and sold quite high....it, too, was pontiled.
My Clevenger is NOT pontiled, but is otherwise identical....and it is possible the earlier Clevenger examples were pontiled. Not enough known at this time....gonna snoop around and see if I can find any additional info..
Unless someone else may have any input that can establish its identity/maker.
 

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Another MMA flask....These are very well made and attractive flasks...Definitely a collectible for the Future.



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