tumbler

Object NameTumbler

Series

Buildings of the 1939 New York World's Fair

Made FromGlass, glass enamel

Dateabout 1939

Place MadeUnited States

Techniquemachine-blown into a mold,silk-screened decoration

SizeH: 13 cm, D: 7.1 cm

Accession Number92.4.30

Credit LineGift of Susanne K. Frantz

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass, opaque white and orange enamel; machine-blown into a mold, silk-screened decoration. Straight-sided tumbler with walls tapering in slightly towards base, folded-over (?) fire-polished rim; overall background decoration of small white stars; one-half of walls decorated with white stylized rendering of a low sectioned structure fronted by Tyrlon and Perisphere, printed above Perisphere in elongated block letters with oversize T,h,B,1,d,g letters: "Theme Building"; elongated orange capital letters encircle the base: "NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR*1939"; flat, slightly thickened, flat base, mold mark, no pontil; unsigned.
Provenance

Source Susanne K. Frantz