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

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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.