Potato Masher

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Object Name: 
Potato Masher
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
75.4.28
Dimensions: 
H: 23.6 cm, D(max): 7.8 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1900
Credit Line: 
Gift of Roland E. Loomis
Primary Description: 
Colorless, non-lead glass; blown. Straight, hollow shaft with hole in top, slightly pinched just above where it broadens to a cylindrical hollow "masher" with a flat bottom.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Loomis, Roland E., Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
blown

Publications (1)

A Connoisseur's Guide to Antique Glass (1999) illustrated, p. 78; BIB# 67965