tumbler
Object NameTumbler
Maker
Corning Inc.
Made FromGlass
Date1957
Place MadeUnited States
Techniquemachine-blown, gilded, enameled
SizeOverall H: 12.8 cm, Diam: 7 cm
Accession Number94.4.134
Credit LineGift of Susanne K. Frantz
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless glass; machine-blown, gilded and enameled. Tumbler. Rim plain, with rounded lip; wall straight, tapering; base plain, with acid-stamped "Little Joe" logo of glassblower inflating gather through raised blowpipe. Gilded and enameled decoration on rim and wall: on rim, continuous gold band on outside and top of lip; on wall, below lip, continuous inscription in gold, "CORNING GLASS WORKS 1851-1957", with "Little Joe" logo of glassblower inflating gather through raised blowpipe, between end of date and beginning of "CORNING"; below inscription, arranged randomly, four large and three small octagonal medallions, all gilded, with three of large medallions each containing off-center, blue circular motif inscribed with gold "106".Provenance
Source
Susanne K. Frantz
