Museum Object Number1957.0076.002 |
Glass (for drinking) (Tumbler or beaker)
George Washington
Glass
Museum purchase
Bakewell, Page & Bakewells (Maker)
1808
1882
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1820-1830
1. Inscription; Along the side of glass, within a wreath of roses; Wheel engraved script cipher: "MAS"
Washington, George
Glass (lead); Glass (sulphide)
Blown, Cut, Sulphide, Wheel-engraved
3.366 (H) , 2.943 (Diam)
8.55 (H) , 7.475 (Diam)
Text available soon.
[Book] Palmer, Arlene. 2004 Artistry and Innovation in Pittsburgh Glass, 1808-1882: from Bakewell & Ensell to Bakewell, Pears & Co.
• Detail (this glass?) published: p. 57, Bakewell, Page & Bakewell, c. 1825
[Book] Palmer, Arlene. 1993 Glass in Early America: Selections from the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 425 pp.
• Mate published: no. 63, pp. 110-11.
[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. 1980 In praise of America : American decorative arts, 1650-1830; fifty years of discovery since the 1929 Girl Scouts loan exhibition.
• Mate published: no. 177, p. 155.
[Journal] The Magazine Antiques.
• Mate published in an advertisement for Louis Lyons, vol. 72, no. 4 (October 1957), p. 300.
[Article] Palmer, Arlene. 1979 American Heroes in Glass: The Bakewell Sulphide Portraits. American Art Journal. 11 (January)
• Mate published: p. 15, fig. 15.
[Catalogue] Ira and Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc (Goldberg Live Auctions).
• Mourning brooch with Washington sulphide (mislisted as Tassie?), sold at auction: December 1, 2012, lot 16, from Claude Harkins collection.