Mug

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Object Name: 
Mug
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, probably NY, Saratoga
Accession Number: 
65.4.100
Dimensions: 
H: 8.8 cm, D (top): 7.6 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1850-1860
Credit Line: 
Gift of Jerome Strauss
Primary Description: 
Dark green non-lead glass; blown. Cylindrically shaped upper body, bulging out in lower third; upper rim folded out; applied handle upcurving at bottom; rough pontil mark, slight push up on base.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Source
McKearin, George S. (b. 1874), Former Collection
Color: 
dark green
Technique: 
glassblowing
Material: 
glass

Exhibitions (1)

Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1955-06-13 through 1955-10-23