Object Number 1976.0007

Object Name

Glass (for drinking) (Tumbler or beaker)

Title

UNIVERSITY/ in Philadelphia

Category

Glass

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Claneil Foundation

Creator (Role)

Cephas G. Childs (Engraver and publisher)
1793-1871

George Strickland (Artist)

Place of Origin

Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe

Origin Notes

Probable origin of tumbler.

Secondary Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Secondary Origin Notes

Possibly engraved In Philadelphia.

Date

1830-1835

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Within crosshatched frame; Wheel-engraved, "UNIVERSITY / in Philadelphia"

Subjects

American market (Bohemia manufacture)

Materials

Glass (nonlead)

Techniques

Wheel-engraved, Cut, Blown

Dimensions (inches)

4.449 (H) , 3.179 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

11.3 (H) , 8.075 (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: no. 68, p. 112-113.
[Article] Spillman, Jane Shadel. 1977 Glasses with American Views. Journal of Glass Studies. 19
• Published: fig. 5, p. 135.
[Article] Spillman, Jane Shadel. 07//1994 Glasses Engraved With American Views. Antiques. 80- 85.
• Two tumblers in very similar style with "SEDGELEY PARK/in Philadelphia" and "WIDOWS AND ORPHANS ASYLUM/in Philadelphia": p. 78, pls. I-II, 1830-35