Boot Glass

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Object Name: 
Boot Glass
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
79.2.134
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 14 cm, W: 11 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1800-1850
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Primary Description: 
Transparent green lead glass; blown, pattern-molded. Spirally ribbed boot-shaped drinking glass, with bulbous leg, waisted ankle, flat foot, applied rounded, flattened toe; rough pontil mark on the heel

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Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss Memorial Foundation, Ruth Bryan, Source
1979-03-22
Color: 
Transparent green
Technique: 
Blown, Pattern-Molded, Applied

Publications (1)

Some 19th Century Glasses from the Strauss Collection (1981-03) illustrated, p. 36, fig. 1; BIB# AI8566