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Glass (for drinking) (Tumbler or beaker)
Benjamin Franklin
Bakewell, Page & Bakewells
1820-1830
Category
Glass
Creator/Artist/Maker
Bakewell, Page & Bakewells (Maker)
Place of Origin
Pittsburgh; Pennsylvania; Allegheny; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Glass (lead)
- Glass (sulphide)
Museum Object Number
1957.0076.001
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1957.0076.001
Object Name
Glass (for drinking) (Tumbler or beaker)
Title
Benjamin Franklin
Category
Glass
Creator (Role)
Bakewell, Page & Bakewells (Maker)
Place of Origin
Pittsburgh; Pennsylvania; Allegheny; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1820-1830
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Along the side of glass, within a wreath of roses
Inscription: Wheel engraved script cipher: "MAS"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Benjamin Franklin
Materials
- Glass (lead)
- Glass (sulphide)
Techniques
- Blown
- Cut
- Sulphide
- Wheel-engraved
Dimensions (inches)
3.37 (H) x 2.87 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
8.57 (H) x 7.3 (Diam)
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