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Tumbler

Manufacturer New Bremen Glass Manufactory of John Frederick Amelung (American, 1784-1795)

Place of Originprobably Europe; possibly New Bremen, Maryland, United States

Date1770-1800

Dimensions3 11/16 × 3 1/8 × 1 13/16 in. (9.4 × 8 × 4.6 cm)

Mediumnon-lead glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.279

Not on View

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.

Published ReferencesWilson, 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. 783, no. 1325.