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Wine glass

Place of OriginEngland

Date1790-1810

DimensionsH: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); Rim Diam: 2 1/2 in. (6.35 cm); Base Diam: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)

MediumColorless lead glass; blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1971.119

Not on View

DescriptionBowl blown and tooled to shape. Stem drawn from bowl and tooled to shape. Applied tooled foot. Rough pontil mark. Bowl cut below rim with a series of polished ovals between two engraved lines, with bands of engraved zigzag motifs above and below; between each oval is an engraved eight-pointed star. The same types of engraved stars are scattered around the middle of the bowl. Stem and lower part of bowl cut with seven flats.

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. 1357.