tumbler

Object NameTumbler

Made FromGlass

Date1775-1799

Place MadeUnited States, probably PA, Philadelphia

TechniqueFree blown, engraved

SizeOverall H: 22.2 cm; (a) Tumbler H: 15.9 cm; Rim Diam: 12.5 cm; Base Diam: 9.2 cm

Accession Number55.4.48

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

East Side Winter Antiques Show

On ViewAmerican Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

The people who ordered these glasses must have been prosperous. They could afford a specially inscribed piece. Unfortunately, the names are quite common. We do not know who ordered the tumblers.

Physical DescriptionTumbler. Clear heavy glass with greyish tinge; and few large bubbles; wear marks at base; free blown and engraved; body with straight slightly spreading sides and thick base with rough pontil mark; set-in cover with hollow ball finial sitting on a short stepped stem; on the body "peasant-type" engraving; below rim a band of ellipses formed by intersecting pinnated wavy lines, underneath "JOHN REYNOLDS" enclosed in a wreath formed by a pair of leaf sprays, on each spray near their intersection a crudely formed bird.
Provenance

Source McKearin Antiques - 1955-11-12