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Manufacturer: possibly Whitall Tatum Company (American, 1806 - 1938)
Date: 1890-1910
Dimensions:
2 3/8 × 3 1/2 in. (6.1 × 9 cm)
Medium: colorless non-lead glass
Place of Origin: possibly Millville, New Jersey, United States
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1917.492
DescriptionSolid and tooled with a reddish tinge. Encloses a pattern called Devil's Fire, composed of ten stalagmite-like projections of chips of red, white, and blue glass punched up from a layer of chips in a vertical wavelike pattern by a crimp.
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