Footed Tumbler

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Footed Tumbler

Place of OriginUnited States, Midwest region

Date1855-1870; possibly 1920s

DimensionsH: 4 in. (10.2 cm); Rim Diam: 3 23/32 in. (9.4 cm); Base Diam: 2 19/32 in. (6.6 cm)

MediumDeep cobalt-blue non-lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.17

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upright in a female mold of two vertical sections bearing a variant of the Excelsior pattern on six segmented panels, with a base plate that formed the underside of the base, by a plain male plunger. The moldmarks extend from the outer edge of the foot to the rim. Moldmarks on edge of foot ground and semipolished. Large polished pontil mark.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Early American Pressed Glass, Wellesley Hills, Mass., author, 1960, pp. 21-25 (Excelsior pattern).

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. 466, no. 749, colorpl. 749, p. 261.