1957.0076.002, .001 Glass tumblers
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Glass (for drinking) (Tumbler or beaker)

  • Title:

    Benjamin Franklin

  • 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:

    1957.0076.001


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Object Number

1957.0076.001

Object Name

Glass (for drinking) (Tumbler or beaker)

Title

Benjamin Franklin

Category

Glass

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Bakewell, Page & Bakewells (Maker)
1808-1882

Place of Origin

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

Date

1820-1830

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Along the side of glass, within a wreath of roses; Wheel engraved script cipher: "MAS"

Subjects

Benjamin Franklin

Materials

Glass (lead); Glass (sulphide)

Techniques

Blown, Cut, Sulphide, Wheel-engraved

Dimensions (inches)

3.37 (H) , 2.87 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

8.57 (H) , 7.3 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Palmer, Arlene. 2004 Artistry and Innovation in Pittsburgh Glass, 1808-1882: from Bakewell & Ensell to Bakewell, Pears & Co.
Published: p. 141, no. 43, Bakewell, Page & Bakewell, c. 1825 with much additional information.
[Book] Palmer, Arlene. 1993 Glass in Early America: Selections from the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 425 pp.
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.
Published: no. 177, p. 155.
[Journal] The Magazine Antiques.
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)
Published: p. 15, fig. 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