Mug

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Object Name: 
Mug
Place Made: 
probably United States
possibly England
Accession Number: 
79.4.515
Dimensions: 
H: 8.7 cm, Diam: 8 cm, W (incl handle): 11.1 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1815-1830
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown, mold-blown in a full-size mold. Barrel shape, with band of vertical ribbing above and below diamond diapering; applied handle; rough pontil mark and sunburst on base.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Pattern Name: 
GII-33
Provenance: 
Strauss Memorial Foundation, Ruth Bryan, Source
1979-03-22
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, Mold-Blown

Publications (1)

American Glass in the Jerome Strauss Collection (1980-08) fig. 4, p. 274; BIB# AI9966