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tumbler
tumbler

tumbler

Object NameTumbler
Made FromLead glass, sulphide
Dateabout 1820-1840
Place Madeprobably France; possibly Bohemia
Techniqueblown, encased, cut, molded sulphide
SizeOverall H: 9.3 cm, Diam: 9.1 cm
Accession Number84.3.142
Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, white sulphide; blown, encased, cut, molded sulphide. Cylindrical, straight-sided shape, the cut rim cylindrical; sides covered with large sharp diamonds; a cut rectangular panel on a cut rectangular field, enclosing a molded sulphide of a man's head (Emperor Francis I of Germany), facing dexter, wearing a laurel wreath; reverse plain; base with cut deep radial grooves.
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).
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