tumbler

Object NameTumbler

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1800-1899

TechniqueFree-blown, engraved

SizeOverall H: 8.5 cm; Rim Diam (max): 7.8 cm; Base Diam (max): 6.8 cm

Accession Number50.3.66

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Place Made

Continental Europe; possibly Scandinavia

Physical DescriptionTumbler. Colorless lead glass of grayish cast; free-blown and engraved. Squat cylindrical form with thick base with large ground and polished center on bottom; engraved decoration in Empire style: at top, dot and vee line edging; dots between tiny ovals in vee line above and below wide band with large clear diamonds having a dot in each corner and stylized flower in center and, on "frosted" triangles between diamonds, polished ovals; bottom edge, circlet of crossed (x) lines and tiny horizontal ovals between two vertical ovals.
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