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Primary Description:
Goblet. A clear, gray tinged heavy glass, free blown, tooled and engraved. High conical foot with rough pontil makr; inverted baluster stem with large tear, deep semi-oval bowl resting on a merese. On the exterior of the bowl a wreath of flowers and volutes with the date "1793" in a circle, enclosing the name "George Trisler". Fine scattered bubbles in the glass, 3 very small cracks around the rim, from manufacture.
Exhibitions (3)
Bubble to Bottle, Pontil to Prism: Early Glass in Maryland
Venue(s)
Homewood House Museum 2000-01-18 through 2000-05-29
Liquid Refreshment: 2000 Years of Drinks and Drinking Glasses
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1993-04-24 through 1994-12-31
Amelung Glass: An Exhibition of Wares from New Bremen, Maryland, including pieces attributed to Amelung and some examples of Stiegel, Pittsburgh, Sandwich, etc., 1750-1875
Venue(s)
Maryland Historical Society
Publications (10)
John Frederick Amelung and the New Bremen Glassmanufactory (1976)
illustrated, pp. 74-75, #13 fig. 32 A-D;
BIB# AI6136
Glass terminology: a German-English Glossary / compiled and published by Benedict Kolthoff (1966)
illustrated, pl. VI (left);
BIB# 131404
In the Museums: Another glass rarity at Corning (Antiques) (1956-03)
illustrated, p. 262, left;
BIB# AI98439
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1955) (1955)
illustrated, #75;
BIB# 28450
Objects in Set (2)
