Whiskey Tumbler

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Object Name: 
Whiskey Tumbler
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, Sandwich
Accession Number: 
50.4.343
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 6.75 cm; Rim Diam: 3.75 cm; Base Diam: 5.25 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1825-1835
Primary Description: 
Whiskey Tumbler. Lead glass, deep sapphire-blue; blown-molded; cylindrical form; below plain band at top, geometric pattern (GIII-25): on bottom, at center (base of mold) concentric rings around rough pontil mark, band of herringbone ribbing, and, on sides, band of alternate sunburst-in-square (sunburst motif 10), and block of diamond diapering.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
McKearin, George S. (b. 1874), Source
1950-07-13
Color: 
sapphire
Technique: 
blown three-mold glass
Material: 
lead glass

Publications (1)

Woman's day dictionary of Sandwich glass (1963) illustrated, p. 22 (top left); BIB# 98017