tumbler
Object NameTumbler
Made FromLead Glass
Dateabout 1830-1850
Place MadeFrance
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)
Exhibitions
Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection
Not On View
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.Provenance
Source
Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
- 1979
