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Glass (for drinking) (Tumbler or beaker)
1815-1835
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
France; Europe
Materials
- Glass (lead)
Museum Object Number
1978.0197
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1978.0197
Object Name
Glass (for drinking) (Tumbler or beaker)
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
France; Europe
Origin Notes
Probable origin.
Date
1815-1835
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: One side of exterior wall
Inscription: Wheel-engraved, "LA/ FIDELITE"
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Glass (lead)
Techniques
- Cut
- Blown
- Wheel-engraved
Dimensions (inches)
3.858 (H) x 3.327 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
9.8 (H) x 8.45 (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: fig. 61, p. 109Catalogue: Christie, Manson & Woods (Auction catalogue).
• Sold at auction: London, sale no. 1125, 10/03/1978, "Important English and Continental Glass", lot 125Book: Mikhailova, Olga E. 1974 Spanish Glass in the Hermitage/Spanisches Glas aus der Ermitage.
• Spanish nonlead glass version of this form with facets, engraving and gilding: col. pl. 88 (right), (caption) no. 186, La Granja de San Idelfonso, Spain, 1780s. Gilt floral engraving.