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Glass (for drinking) (Tumbler or beaker)
1775-1825
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
Germany; Europe
Materials
- Glass (nonlead)
Museum Object Number
1956.0071
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1956.0071
Object Name
Glass (for drinking) (Tumbler or beaker)
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
Germany; Europe
Origin Notes
Probable origin.
Date
1775-1825
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Opposite the bird
Inscription: Painted enamel, script "We two. will/be True"
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Glass (nonlead)
Techniques
- Blown
- Painted
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
3.789 (H) x 2.972 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
9.625 (H) x 7.55 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Palmer, Arlene. 1993 Glass in Early America: Selections from the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 425 pp.
• Published: p. 88, no. 38, probably Germany, 1775-1825Book: Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: p. 206, figs. 198-9, Continental Europe, 1775-1825Book: Richman, Irwin. 2001 Pennsylvania German Arts: More than Hearts, Parrots, and Tulips.
• Published: p. 105Book: McNally, Paul. 1982 Table Glass in Canada, 1700- 1850.
• Floral enamelled glass flask and tumbler fragments excavated at Fort Beausejour and Fort Louisbourg, Canada: p. 55, fig. 31, flask fragment.