Wine glass

Place of OriginProbably England

DateProbably 1880-1900

DimensionsH: 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm); Rim Diam: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); Base Diam: 2 3/4 in. (7.0 cm)

MediumColorless lead glass of fine quality; bowl blown and tooled to shape. Stem drawn from bowl and tooled to shape. Applied tooled, slightly domed foot. Large, shallow, polished pontil mark extending to within about 0.9 cm (3/8 in.) of rim of foot. The rather thin lip of the bowl is drawn out from the thicker body, which is cut with six polished flats that extend to the foot, forming a hexagonal stem.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1971.115

Not on View

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. 798, no. 1358.