Wineglass

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Object Name: 
Wineglass
Place Made: 
probably Germany
possibly United States
Accession Number: 
79.3.250
Dimensions: 
H: 20.4 cm; W(rim): 8.3 cm, (foot): 9.3 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1753-about 1760
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Jerome Strauss
Web Description: 
From 1752 until 1762, Donaldson was master of the St. Andrew. The ship traded between New York, Scotland, and the Caribbean.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Source
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, Engraved

Description

Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass; blown and engraved. Conical shape bowl with heavy base with a group of air bubbles; copper-wheel engraved with representation of sailing vessel and inscription "Success to the St. Andrew/of New York/Capt. Robert Donaldson"; applied hollow inverted baluster stem; applied circular domed foot with folded rim; rough pontil mark.

Publications (2)

More American Ships of the Colonial and Revolutionary Periods (1982-09) p. 151, #3;
American Glass in the Jerome Strauss Collection (1980-08) p. 272, fig. 1; BIB# AI9966