Mug

Place of OriginProbably England

Date1850-1860

DimensionsH: 2 25/32 in. (7.1 cm); Rim Diam: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); Max W: 3 9/32 in. (8.35 cm); Base Diam: 1 31/32 in. (5.0 cm)

MediumLead glass; mold-pressed.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.92

Not on View

DescriptionSapphire-blue glass. Pressed upright in a female mold of three vertical sections bearing the pattern, with a base plate patterned by a sixteen-pointed star, with a cap ring that formed the plain side and top of rim, by a plain male plunger. The mold seams extend from the underside of the edge of the base to the underside of the plain rim, one through the center of the handle, the other two vertically through the pattern without deviation. Rim fire-polished. Rough 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. 807, no. 1378.