tumbler

Object NameTumbler

Maker Corning Inc.

Made FromGlass

Date1954

Techniquemachine blown, gilded, enameled

SizeH: 12.7 cm, D: 7 cm

Accession Number94.4.132

Credit LineGift of Susanne K. Frantz

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

United States

Physical DescriptionColorless glass; machine blown, gilded and enameled. Tumbler. Rim plain, with rounded lip; wall straight, tapering; base plain; no pontil mark. Gilded and enameled decoration on rim and upper wall: on rim, continuous band of gilding on outside and top of lip; on wall, "CORNING GLASS WORKS" in blue enamel; below this, octagonal gold medallion enclosing blue disk with, near edge, five gold stars, geometric motifs, and "103 YEARS" and, at center, colorless rectangular panel with gold outline and gold "103" at center; to left of octagon, "1851" in gold, with gold star above and below; to right of octagon, "1954" in gold, with gold star above and below.
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