Commemorative Wineglass

Object Name: 
Commemorative Wineglass

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Object Name: 
Commemorative Wineglass
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
50.2.60
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 15.5 cm; Rim Diam: 6.75 cm; Foot Diam: 7 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1715
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown, with molded stem. Straight-sided funnel bowl with large tear in solid lower portion; applied hollow Silesian or molded shouldered-stem, four-sided; applied, sloping circular folded foot, rough pontil mark; at top of stem, just below shoulder, inscription molded in script "God Save King George".

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Steuben Glass, Inc., Source
1950-10-01
Category: 
Baroque
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
molding
Material: 
lead glass
Inscription: 
God Save King George
Inscription

Exhibitions (5)

East Side Winter Antiques Show
Venue(s)
Park Avenue Armory
The Story of English Glass
Venue(s)
Montclair Art Museum 1956
Museum of Fine Arts, Syracuse 1956
Wenham Historical Association and Museum 1956
Berea College 1958
Coe College 1958
Oneonta State Teachers College 1958
Paine Art Center and Arboretum 1958
Suffolk Museum 1958
Loeb Art Center 1959
Alabama Polytechnic Institute 1960
Birmingham Museum of Art 1960
Community Savings Bank 1960
Huntington Galleries 1960
Atlanta Art Association 1962
Brooks Memorial Art Gallery 1962
Columbia Museum of Art 1962
Georgia Museum of Art 1962
North Carolina State College Union 1962
URI Memorial Union 1962
 
Story of English Glass (Traveling Exhibition)
Venue(s)
Berea College
Coe College
Oneonta State Teachers College
Paine Art Center and Arboretum
Suffolk Museum
Title Unknown (Museum of Fine Arts, Philadelphia)
Venue(s)
Philadelphia Museum of Art 1948-11 through 1948-11
 
Title Unknown (Rich's)
Venue(s)
Rich's Inc. 1948-10 through 1948-10

Publications (1)

Treasures in Glass (1966) p. 42, #67; BIB# 28036