Tumbler

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Object Name: 
Tumbler
Place Made: 
possibly Central Europe
United States
Accession Number: 
58.4.31
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 8.7 cm, Diam (max): 7.3 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1730-1800
Primary Description: 
Tumbler. Colorless non-lead glass with polychrome enameling; blown, enameled. Cylindrical shape, slightly wider at top; sheared top rim; enameled decoration in white, red, yellow, green and blue; one side has an oval with two joined hands; the other says "Friendship/Amity" in script; rough pontil mark on base.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Rose, James (1899-1975), Source
1958-09-25
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
enameling
Material: 
glass

Publications (3)

Treasures in Glass (1966) illustrated, pp. 52, 54-55, #97; BIB# 28036
18th Century Enameled Beakers with English Inscriptions (1959) illustrated, pp. 99-100, fig. 11; BIB# AI56168
Recent Important Acquisitions, 1 (1959) illustrated, pp. 114-115, #42; BIB# AI97751