Toy Mug

Place of OriginUnited States

Date1880-1900

DimensionsH: 5.3 cm (2 3/32 in.); Rim Diam: 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.); Base Diam: 3.7 cm (1 15/32 in.); W (with handle): 7.0 cm (2 3/4 in.)

MediumTranslucent pale pink non-lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.9

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upright in a female mold of two vertical sections bearing the so-called swan pattern, with a base plate that formed the underside of the base, by a plain male plunger. The moldmarks are at the center of the handle and opposite it in front. No fire-polishing. No pontil mark.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Early American Pressed Glass, Wellesley Hills, MA, author, 1960, p. 641, pl. 127, row 3, no. 24 (mustard pot and cover of this form and 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. 507, no. 848.