tumbler

Object NameTumbler

Maker Corning Inc.

Made FromGlass

Date1953

Place MadeUnited States

Techniquemachine blown, gilded, enameled

SizeH: 12.7 cm, D: 7 cm

Accession Number94.4.67

Credit LineGift of Laura McMahon

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

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 wall: on upper wall, octagonal gold medallion enclosing blue disk with, near edge, five gold stars, geometric motifs, and "102 YEARS" and, at center, colorless rectangular panel with gold outline and gold "102" at center; below this, inscription in three lines: IN BLUE| "ANNIVERSARY DINNER / IN GOLD| CORNING GLASS WORKS / DECEMBER 5"; on lower wall, in blue, rectangular panel containing "Little Joe" logo of glassblower inflating gather through raised blowpipe.

Provenance

Source Laura McMahon