tumbler

Object NameTumbler

Made FromLead glass, sulphide

Dateabout 1820-1840

Place Madeprobably France

Techniquemold-blown, encased, cut, molded sulphide

SizeOverall H: 9.6 cm, Diam: 8.1 cm

Accession Number84.3.143

Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund

Curatorial Area(s)

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, white sulphide; blown-molded, encased, cut, molded sulphide. Cylindrical, straight-sided shape, with cut, slightly flared, plain rim; sides covered with pointed hobnails in canted square ribbed panels, a band of horizontal ribbing below; a rectangular cut panel with cut corners on the side, enclosing a molded sulphide portrait bust of a man, facing sinister, in military uniform; reverse flat; wide band of heavy notches forming the sides of the foot; underside of the base with heavy rounded radial ribbing, sharpened by cutting; ring at the center, probably a pontil pad; an oval paper label on the rim, inscribed in ink "PW 107".
Provenance

Source Louis Lyons - 1984-04-06
Purchased from Louis Lyons in 1984 using funds from the Clara S. Peck Endowment Fund. Catalogue cards say that these objects were a bequest of Clara S. Peck (by exchange).