Glass
Bakewell, Page & Bakewells (Maker)
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1820-1830
Glass (lead); Glass (sulphide)
Blown, Cut, Sulphide, Wheel-engraved
1978.0030
Object Number1978.0030 |
Glass (for drinking) (Tumbler or beaker)
Glass
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Special Fund for Collection Objects
Bakewell, Page & Bakewells (Maker)
1808-1882
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1820-1830
Benjamin Franklin; Political figure
Glass (lead); Glass (sulphide)
Blown, Cut, Sulphide, Wheel-engraved
3.209 (H) , 3.051 (Diam)
8.15 (H) , 7.75 (Diam)
Text available soon.
[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