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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
TechniqueBlown, cut and engraved
SizeOverall H: 12.3 cm; Body Diam: 5.6 cm
Accession Number92.4.122
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures, and Products of the Soil and Mine
Masterpieces of the Centennial international exhibition illustrated
Interpretive Notes
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.
Place Made
United States, PA, White Mills
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.
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