Tumbler

Place of Originprobably Germany or Bohemia

Date1865-1900

Dimensions3 1/8 × 2 7/8 × 2 3/8 in. (8 × 7.3 × 6 cm)

Mediumnonlead glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus

Object number

1913.542

Not on View

DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown in a turn mold. Rim sheared and fire-polished. Shallow, concave base with flat outer rim ground and polished. No pontil mark. Exterior and rim stained, probably with copper nitrate, then fired. Sketchily engraved with stone wheels with a pattern of grapes and grape leaves.

Published ReferencesDaniel, Dorothy, Cut and Engraved Glass, 1771-1905, New York, M. Barrows, 1950, p. 92, repr. pl. 33, bottom right.

"Exhibit of Old Glassware to Spur Interest in Reproductions," American Glass Review, vol. 84, August 1963, p. 10, repr. p. 11.

"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. 793, no. 1348.

Exhibition HistoryNew York World's Fair, 1939.

Toledo Museum of Art, The New England Glass Company, 1818-1888, exh. cat., 1963, p. 67, no. 71.