tumbler

Object NameTumbler

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1830-1850

TechniqueBlown, cut; sulphide

SizeOverall H: 7.3 cm, Diam: 8.7 cm

Accession Number79.3.392

Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection

Place Made

France

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; blown, cut; sulphide. Cylindrical shape, flared rim; finely cut horizontal ribs near rim, with finely cut vertical ribbing to base; an oval panel encloses a molded white sulphide of classical head of young man, with three additional concealed heads, including an old man (Hercules?), a horned faun, and the head of a goat or unicorn; sulphide inscribed in black on reverse, in script "lescalier/a paril/a paril"; finely cut radial ribbing on base.
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