Object Number 1965.2914.001

Object Name

Glass (for drinking) (Tumbler or beaker)

Category

Glass

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Probably Midwest, United States, North America

Date

1860-1880

Materials

Glass

Techniques

Pressed

Dimensions (inches)

2.5 (H) , 2.205 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

6.35 (H) , 5.6 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] McKearin, George S. & McKearin, Helen. 1989 American Glass.
• Tumblers of similar type: nos. 17- 20, pl. 209
[Book] Spillman, Jane Shadel. 1981 American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass.
• Related tumbler: no. 952, p. 243 "were probably made in nearly every Midwestern glasshouse"
[Catalogue] Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates (auction catalogue).
• Generally similar form tumblers in several colors: May 22, 2010, lots 132-137, probably Pittsburgh or New England, 1850-75