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On Display: House - Franklin Parlor
Glass (for drinking) (Tumbler or beaker)
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
1978.0030
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Special Fund for Collection Objects
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Object Number
1978.0030
Object Name
Glass (for drinking) (Tumbler or beaker)
Category
Glass
Creator (Role)
Bakewell, Page & Bakewells (Maker)
Place of Origin
Pittsburgh; Pennsylvania; Allegheny; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1820-1830
Subject(s)
- Benjamin Franklin
- Political figure
Materials
- Glass (lead)
- Glass (sulphide)
Techniques
- Blown
- Cut
- Sulphide
- Wheel-engraved
Dimensions (inches)
3.209 (H) x 3.051 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
8.15 (H) x 7.75 (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: 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.14-15Book: 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