Ale Glass in "Brooklyn" Pattern

Object Name: 
Ale Glass in "Brooklyn" Pattern

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Object Name: 
Ale Glass in "Brooklyn" Pattern
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, PA, Pittsburgh
Accession Number: 
50.4.418
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 17 cm; Rim Diam: 7.25 cm; Foot Diam: 8.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1850-1882
Primary Description: 
Ale Glass in "Brooklyn" Pattern. Lead glass, colorless; pressed in one piece; heavy flute-shaped bowl with plain band at top above row of thumbprints rising between points of long deep flutes terminating in petal formation on flat circular foot with smooth base.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Brooklyn
Provenance: 
McKearin, George S. (b. 1874), Source
1950-07-31
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressing
Material: 
lead glass

Publications (2)

Glass Tableware, Bowls and Vases (1982) pl. 18; BIB# 22048
American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 244, #957; BIB# 30457