Footed Tumbler

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Footed Tumbler

Place of OriginProbably Midwest

DateProbably 1920s

DimensionsH: 5 1/8 in. (13.0 cm); Rim Diam: 3 7/16 in. (8.8 cm); Base Diam: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)

MediumYellowish-green (so-called Vaseline) non-lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.114

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upright in a female mold of four vertical sections, with a plain base plate with a shallow dome that formed the underside of the foot, by a plain male plunger, with a cap ring that formed the rim and the area between it and the tops of the arches. The mold seams extend vertically from the lower edge of the foot along the seams of the flutes to the juncture of the arches. Rim fire-polished. Underside and outer edge of the foot ground and semipolished. No pontil mark.

Published ReferencesWilson, 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. 819, no. 1402.