1956.0071 Glass tumbler or beaker
  • 1956.0071 Glass tumbler or beaker
  • Enlarge

  •        

Glass (for drinking) (Tumbler or beaker)

  • Category:

    Glass

  • Place of Origin:

    Germany, Europe

  • Date:

    1775-1825

  • Materials:

    Glass (nonlead)

  • Techniques:

    Blown, Painted, Enameled

  • Museum Object Number:

    1956.0071


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1956.0071

Object Name

Glass (for drinking) (Tumbler or beaker)

Category

Glass

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Place of Origin

Germany, Europe

Origin Notes

Probable origin.

Date

1775-1825

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Opposite the bird; Painted enamel, script "We two. will/be True"

Materials

Glass (nonlead)

Techniques

Blown, Painted, Enameled

Dimensions (inches)

3.789 (H) , 2.972 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

9.625 (H) , 7.55 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Palmer, Arlene. 1993 Glass in Early America: Selections from the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 425 pp.
Published: p. 88, no. 38, probably Germany, 1775-1825
[Book] Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
Published: p. 206, figs. 198-9, Continental Europe, 1775-1825
[Book] Richman, Irwin. 2001 Pennsylvania German Arts: More than Hearts, Parrots, and Tulips.
Published: p. 105
[Book] McNally, Paul. 1982 Table Glass in Canada, 1700- 1850.
Floral enamelled glass flask and tumbler fragments excavated at Fort Beausejour and Fort Louisbourg, Canada: p. 55, fig. 31, flask fragment.