Cordial Glass in "Russian" Pattern

Object Name: 
Cordial Glass in "Russian" Pattern

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Object Name: 
Cordial Glass in "Russian" Pattern
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, PA, White Mills
Accession Number: 
75.4.88
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 10.7 cm; Rim Diam: 5.6 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1891-1918
Credit Line: 
Gift of Jerome Strauss
Primary Description: 
Cordial Glass in "Russian" Pattern. Colorless lead glass; blown and cut. Bucket-shaped bowl, heavily cut in "Russian" pattern and engraved on one side with an eagle and shield with "E Pluribus Unum"; drawn straight stem cut in vertical flutes; applied circular foot; cut star underneath.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Russian
Provenance: 
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Source
1975-12-30
The Beaver Hat, Former Collection
Category: 
Early American
Presidential Glassware
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
cutting
Material: 
lead glass

Publications (2)

The connections between the Glassmakers of Corning and White Mills (2012-08) illustrated, p. 5931, lower right;
American Glass in the Jerome Strauss Collection (1980-08) fig. 7; BIB# AI9966