Tavern Tumbler or Firing Glass
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
Collections
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
- Glass
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.
about 1830
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