tumbler

Object NameTumbler

Made FromLead glass, sulphide

Dateabout 1820-1840

Place Madeprobably Netherlands

Techniqueblown-molded, encased, cut, molded sulphide

SizeOverall H: 10 cm, Diam: 8.6 cm

Accession Number84.3.141

Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund

Curatorial Area(s)

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, white sulphide; blown-molded, encased, cut, molded sulphide. Cylindrical, straight-sided shape, with cut straight-sided rim; molded vertical panels of horizontal ribbing alternating with pairs of vertical ribs; a cut rectangular panel with cut corners on the side, enclosing a molded sulphide portrait of a man, facing dexter, in military uniform; reverse plain; base with six molded radial panels of bars alternating with radial ribs; center polished and concave.
Provenance

Source Louis Lyons - 1984-04-06
Purchased from Louis Lyons in 1984 using funds from the Clara S. Peck Endowment Fund. Catalogue cards say that these objects were a bequest of Clara S. Peck (by exchange).