Mug and Cover

Place of OriginEurope, probably Bohemia, Germany; possibly Switzerland

Date1760-1800

DimensionsH (with cover): 10 5/16 in. (26.2 cm); H (without cover): 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); Rim Diam: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm); Base Diam: 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm)

MediumColorless non-lead glass; blown and tooled, applied handle and finial, engraved.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1967.101A-B

Not on View

DescriptionMug: blown and tooled to cylindrical shape with short tapered flange at base tooled from the same gather. Rim sheared and fire-polished. Applied strap handle. Rough pontil mark. Cover: blown and tooled to conical shape with bulge near its base, terminating in a short cylinder that fits within the top of the mug. Applied tooled solid finial. Rough pontil mark on interior of cover. Front of mug engraved with stone wheels with a cartouche enclosing a large bird perched on a flower stem. Lower part of cover stone-wheel-engraved with two bands of stylized leaves.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, pl. 22, nos. 1, 4; pl. 29, no. 2 (this form of mug and general type of engraving); sale, Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, May 3, 1952, repr. lot 33.

The Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass: A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, Ohio, 1969, repr. p. 86.

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. 788, no. 1337.