Footed Tumbler

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Footed Tumbler

ManufacturerPossibly M'Kee and Brothers (American, 1854-1901, 1904-1910)

Date1855-1870

DimensionsH: 11.3 cm (4 7/16 in.); Rim Diam: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.); Base Diam: 7.2 cm (2 13/16 in.)

MediumOpalescent lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.113

Not on View

DescriptionEntire piece pressed upright in a female mold of three vertical sections bearing the Excelsior pattern, with a base plate with a large flattened boss that formed the underside of the foot, probably with a cap ring that formed the rim, by a plain male plunger. The moldmarks extend from the bottom edge of the foot to the rim, rising vertically to the lower point of the diamond, then following its edge to its top, then continuing to the rim. Rim heavily fire-polished. Rough pontil mark.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Early American Pressed Glass, Wellesley Hills, MA, author, 1960, pp. 21-22 (Excelsior pattern), form no. 13a, pl. 4, no. 1; pl. 7 (repr. of page from M'Kee and Brothers 1868 catalogue), top, second from right.

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, pl. 211, no. 6.

Innes, Lowell, Early Glass of the Pittsburgh District, 1797-1900, exh. cat., Carnegie Institute Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, 1949, p. 50, top, second from left.

Innes, Lowell, Pittsburgh Glass, 1791-1891: A History and Guide for Collectors, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1976, p. 418, fig. 473, second from right.

M'Kee, p. 17, bottom (repr. of page from M'Kee and Brother 1859-60 catalogue: "1/3 qt. Ex ft Tumb, $1.60 per doz."), p. 41 (repr. of page from M'Kee and Brothers 1864 catalogue: "1/3 qt. Ex. foot Tumb., $2.80 per doz."), pp. 137 (repr. of page from M'Kee and Brothers 1868 catalogue: "1/3 qt. Ex. foot Tumb., $2.40 per doz."), 175 (repr. of page from M'Kee and Brothers 1871 catalogue: "1/3 qt. Ex. Foot Tumb.," no price).

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. 469, no. 758.