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Glass (for drinking) (Glass boot)
1750-1800
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Glass (lead)
Museum Object Number
2006.0003.013
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Dr. Thomas M. McMillan III
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Object Number
2006.0003.013
Object Name
Glass (for drinking) (Glass boot)
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1750-1800
Materials
- Glass (lead)
Techniques
- Blown
Dimensions (inches)
3.858 (H) x 2.874 (L) x 1.896 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
9.8 (H) x 7.3 (L) x 4.815 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Lameris, Kitty & Barreda, Mark. 2023 Trick Glasses: Devious Drinking Devices.
• Chapter with detailed discussion of drinking boots: pp. 176-185, showing many examples and manufacturing techniques.Book: Lanmon, Dwight P. & Whitehouse, David B. 1993 Glass in the Robert Lehman Collection.
• C. 1700 Venice or facon de Venise glass boots: nos. 54-55, with white caning.Book: von Saldern, Axel. 1995 Glas: Antikw bis Jugenstil Die Sammlung im Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg.
• 2nd half 16th century Venice or facon de Venise glass boot: cat. no. 35Book: van den Bossche, Willy. 2001 Antique Glass Bottles: their history and evolution (1500-1850). 439.
• French figural bottle in form of ladies leg and boot: p. 212, pl. 161 (right), c. 1880, used as liquer bottles.Book: Noel Hume, Ivor. 2001 If These Pots Could Talk: Collecting 200 Years of British Household Pottery.
• English salt-glazed brown stoneware boot-shaped flask: p. 318, fig. XIV.24 (right)