Tumbler

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Object Name: 
Tumbler
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
79.4.508
Dimensions: 
H: 8.6 cm; Diam (rim): 8.1 cm, (base) 5.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1815-1830
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Primary Description: 
Colorless and blue lead glasses; blown, mold-blown in a full-size mold. Conical shape, blue glass laid on rim; bands of vertical and diagonal ribbing separated by horizontal bars; rough pontil mark on base.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss Memorial Foundation, Ruth Bryan, Source
1979-03-22
Color: 
Colorless, blue
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, mold-blown, applied

Publications (1)

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