tumbler
Object NameTumbler with Cut Decoration and Portrait Medallion
Manufacturer
Bakewell, Page & Bakewell
(September 1, 1813-1814; December 19, 1815-1819; 1820-1827)
Made FromLead glass, clay, sulphide
Date1824-1825
Place MadeUnited States, PA, Pittsburgh
Techniqueblown, cut
SizeOverall H: 8.6 cm, Diam: 7.5 cm
Accession Number79.4.334
Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection
On ViewAmerican Gallery
Interpretive NotesChristian Gobrecht brought the manufacture of the enclosed ceramic portrait to this country from France. He was employed by the Bakewell firm to make the portraits. Samples were presented to Andrew Jackson and Dewitt Clinton, who had just pressed for the construction of the Erie Canal. During that year, Lafayette made his triumphal tour of the United States and visited the Bakewell glasshouse. No record survives to indicate whether he was presented with a tumbler with his portrait.
Provenance
Source
Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
- 1979
