Mug

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Object Name: 
Mug
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
50.2.54
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 11.5 cm; Rim Diam: 5.8 cm; Foot Diam: 3.25 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1790
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; dip-molded and blown. Slender cylindrical bowl with slightly spreading rim and rounding at bottom, applied short-stemmed circular foot, rough pontil mark; incised lines around rim, rounding part of body with so-called gadroons molded upon a cup-like casing; hollow finely-ribbed (pattern-molded) loop handle with turned-back end.

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