Beaker or Flip

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Object Name: 
Beaker or Flip
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, possibly OH, Zanesville
Accession Number: 
58.4.23
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 14 cm; Rim Diam: 12.1 cm; Base Diam: 8.2 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1820-1840
Primary Description: 
Beaker or Flip. Transparent pale bluish-green glass with minute bubbles and a few impurities; wear marks at base; pattern molded; straight sided body slightly tapering to base with slight kick and rough pontil mark; patterned in rib mold, with swirls twisted from left to right and vanishing at center.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
Rose, James (1899-1975), Source
2013-08-14
Color: 
light greenish blue
Technique: 
mold-blowing
Material: 
glass

Publications (1)

Glass Tableware, Bowls and Vases (1982) pl. 44, left; BIB# 22048