tumbler
Object NameTumbler
Maker
Corning Inc.
Made FromGlass
Date1958
Place MadeUnited States
Techniquemachine-blown, gilded, enameled
SizeH: 13 cm, D: 7 cm
Accession Number94.4.141
Credit LineGift of Corning Inc., Dept. of Archives and Record Management
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 impressed "Little Joe" logo of glassblower inflating gather through raised blowpipe. Gilded and enameled decoration on wall: below lip, continuous inscription in gold, "CORNING GLASS WORKS 1851-1958", 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 "107".Provenance
Source
Corning Inc., Dept. of Archives and Record Management
