tumbler

Object NameTumbler

Made FromNon-lead glass, Enamel

Date1780-1800

Place MadeItaly

TechniqueBlown, enameled

SizeOverall H: 10.9 cm, D: 8.7 cm

Accession Number82.3.52

Credit LineExchange with the Royal Scottish Museum, Dept. of Art & Archaeology

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, enameled. Slightly tapered, cylindrical shape enameled decoration of a border of white lunettes with pendant balls between; coat of arms of three obelisks on a bridge in yellow, purple, and white, with blue water; in a rose and white scrolled oval cartouche, beneath a coronet, decorated on either side with sprays of flowers and foliage; two bunches of flowers in polychrome enamel on the reverse; nearly flat bottom, with rough pontil mark; inscribed in white paint "1873.23.136".
Provenance

Source Royal Scottish Museum