Tumbler
Manufacturer: New Bremen Glass Manufactory of John Frederick Amelung (American, 1784-1795)
Date: 1770-1800
Dimensions:
3 11/16 × 3 1/8 × 1 13/16 in. (9.4 × 8 × 4.6 cm)
Medium: non-lead glass
Place of Origin: probably Europe; possibly New Bremen, Maryland, United States
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1917.279
DescriptionPatterned with twenty-four pointed-arch flutes extending 1.8 cm (11/16 in.) above the base, seven rows of twenty-four elongated diamonds in the middle, and a plain area above. Blown in a mold, possibly a one-piece dip mold. Plain, slightly concave base. Traces of a partly rough pontil mark surrounded by rough-ground, unpolished area. Engraved with stone wheels with a band of stylized foliate motifs between a "squiggle" band at the rim and the top of the molded pattern.
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