Toy Tumbler

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Toy Tumbler

Manufacturer Boston and Sandwich Glass Works (American, 1826-1888)

Date1825-1840

DimensionsH: 4.7 cm (1 27/32 in.); Rim Diam: 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.); Base Diam: 3.6 cm (1 7/16 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1971.24

Not on View

DescriptionBlown in a mold (McKearin G.II-16) of three vertical sections and a base plate (McKearin Ringed Type III). Rim sheared and tooled to shape. Rough, open pontil mark.

Label TextToy versions of larger glassware items must have been popular in the early 1800s. The Boston and Sandwich firm records reveal numerous toy glass items being made in large quantities—including not only tumblers, decanters, and pitchers, but also jugs, salt containers, and even toy glass hats. The cost for these novelty items ranged from $.03 to $.04 each.Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Web, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, Mass., author, 1947, pl. 27, bottom row, left and right;

McKearin, George S., and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948; McKearin, Helen and Kenneth M. Wilson, American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry, New York, Crown, 1978; etc., G.II-16, p. 251, pl. 88; p. 261, pl. 100, no. 23; p. 305;

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. 243, no. 308.