Tavern Tumbler or Firing Glass

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Tavern Tumbler or Firing Glass

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

Date1825-1840

DimensionsH 9.9 cm (3 29/32 in.); D rim 7.85 cm (3 3/32 in.); D base 6.05 cm (2 3/8 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

1959.65

Not on View

DescriptionBlown in a mold (McKearin G.IV-2) for a straight-sided cylindrical tumbler probably of three vertical sections and a base plate (McKearin Diamond Type XIII). Formed into a tavern tumbler by tooling. Rim sheared and tooled to shape. Rough, open pontil mark. Capacity: 5 ounces.

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. 312; p. 271; repr. pl. 115, no. 2

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. 289.

Exhibition HistoryHere's How, exh. cat., Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, 1953, no. 102.