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Tumbler

ManufacturerProbably Boston and Sandwich Glass Works (American, 1826-1888)

ManufacturerProbably New England Glass Company (American, 1818-1888)

Date1825-1840

DimensionsH 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.); D rim 8.2 cm (3 7/32 in.); D base 6.3 cm (2 1/2 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1959.64

Not on View

DescriptionBlown in a mold (McKearin G.IV-2), probably of three vertical sections and a base plate (McKearin Diamond Type XII). Upper part and rim sheared and tooled to shape. Rough, solid pontil mark. Capacity: one-half pint.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S., and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948; McKearin, Helen and Kenneth M. Wilson, American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry, New York, Crown, 1978; etc., G.IV-2, p. 257, pl. 96; p. 310

Wilson, Kenneth M., New England Glass and Glassmaking, Old Sturbridge Village Book, New York, Crowell, 1972, p. 271, fig. 227

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. 236, no. 288.