Tumbler

Place of OriginAustria, Germany, or Bohemia

Dateabout 1830

Dimensions4 5/8 × 3 3/8 × 3 1/16 in. (11.7 × 8.5 × 7.7 cm)

Mediumnonlead glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus

Object number

1913.529

Not on View

DescriptionColorless glass gather blown and cased with ruby glass, then finished by tooling. Body cut with a geometric pattern of diamonds, swags, and printies. Outer side of rim cut back. Outer edge of base cut with a series of flats. Underside of base ground and polished. Ruby surface gilded with stylized florets and a background pattern of squiggles.

Published ReferencesRogers, Millard F., Jr., "Stylistic Influences on Nineteenth-Century American Glass," Antiques, vol. 78, July 1960, pp. 57-59 (Reprint 2, pp. 26-28), pp. 57-59, repr. p. 59.

"Museum Invites NADA Convention to Glass Exhibit," Antiques Dealer, October 1963, pp. 22-24, repr. p. 22.

Wilson, Kenneth M, American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, [Lanham, Md.]: National Book Network [distributor], c1994; 2 v. (879 p.): ill. (some col.); 32 cm., 1994, p. 792, no. 1345.

Exhibition HistoryNew York World's Fair, 1939.

The Toledo Museum of Art, The New England Glass Company, 1818-1888, exh. cat., Toledo, Ohio, 1963, p. 67, no. 69.