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wine glass

Object NameWineglass Engraved with Coat of Arms of New Jersey

Factory Wayne County Glass Works

Maker Wayne County Glass Works of Christian Dorflinger

Made FromLead Glass

Date1876

Place MadeUnited States, PA, White Mills

TechniqueBlown, cut and engraved

SizeOverall H: 12.3 cm; Body Diam: 5.6 cm

Accession Number92.4.122

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition illustrated

International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures, and Products of the Soil and Mine

On ViewAmerican Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

This glass is a piece from a set composed of a decanter and 38 wineglasses. Each glass represented a state in the union. The set was displayed by the Dorflinger firm at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia.

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; blown, cut and engraved. Bucket-shape bowl of very thick glass with cut and polished rim, very heavily cut panels of diamonds around bowl, one panel has engraved shield with a plow and two classical females, one with a liberty cap and the other with an overflowing cornucopia, the crest of a horse's head above and "F.D.Bedle.Gov.1876" in old-English lettering below (This is the coat-of-arms of the state of New Jersey); solid stem with heavy solid knop cut in panels at top, heavy applied flat foot cut in scallops and points with a diamond pattern underneath. Paper label on top surface of foot with "DORFLINGER" above a decanter and glasses.
Provenance

Source Mrs. Frank Barger - 1992-05-04

Former Collection Philadelphia Museum of Art

Former Collection Frederick Dorflinger Suydam

Former Collection John C. Dorflinger (American, 1880-1964)

Former Collection Helen Barger