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Mug

Place of OriginProbably Europe; possibly United States

Date1850-1860

DimensionsH: 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); Rim Diam: 2 21/32 in. (6.75 cm); Base Diam: 2 11/32 in. (6.0 cm)

MediumEmerald-green non-lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.102

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upright in a female mold of three vertical sections bearing a variation of the Argus pattern, with a plain, slightly domed base plate that formed the underside of the base, with a cap ring that formed the rim, by a plain male plunger. The moldmarks extend from the edge of the base vertically through the centers of the bottom and top rows of thumbprints to the bottom edge of the plain rim. Applied handle. Rim fire-polished. Outer edge of lower surface of base ground and polished. No pontil mark.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Early American Pressed Glass, Wellesley Hills, Mass., author, 1960, pp. 187-190 (Argus, or so-called thumbprint, pattern), form no. 1.

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. 495, no. 821.