Glass (for drinking) (Tumbler or beaker)

  • Category:

    Glass

  • Creator (Role):

    Bakewell, Page & Bakewells (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1820-1830

  • Materials:

    Glass (lead); Glass (sulphide)

  • Techniques:

    Blown, Cut, Sulphide, Wheel-engraved

  • Museum Object Number:

    1978.0030


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1978.0030

Object Name

Glass (for drinking) (Tumbler or beaker)

Category

Glass

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Special Fund for Collection Objects

Creator (Role)

Bakewell, Page & Bakewells (Maker)
1808-1882

Place of Origin

Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1820-1830

Subjects

Benjamin Franklin; Political figure

Materials

Glass (lead); Glass (sulphide)

Techniques

Blown, Cut, Sulphide, Wheel-engraved

Dimensions (inches)

3.209 (H) , 3.051 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

8.15 (H) , 7.75 (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. 64, pp. 110-111.
[Article] Palmer, Arlene. 1979 American Heroes in Glass: The Bakewell Sulphide Portraits. American Art Journal. 11 (January)
Published: figs. 14 and 16, pp.14-15
[Book] Palmer, Arlene. 2004 Artistry and Innovation in Pittsburgh Glass, 1808-1882: from Bakewell & Ensell to Bakewell, Pears & Co.
Apsley Pellatt, Falcon Works, Londonl ice plate with head of Franklin sulphide: p. 55, c. 1825