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Tumbler

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

ManufacturerPossibly New England Glass Company (American, 1818-1888)

Date1825-1840

DimensionsH: 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm); Rim Diam: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); Base Diam: 2 13/32 in. (6.1 cm)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1976.36

Not on View

DescriptionBlown in a mold (McKearin G.IV-3) probably of three vertical sections and a base plate (McKearin Diamond Type II). Upper part and rim sheared and tooled to shape. Faint pontil mark. Capacity: one-third pint.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, Helen, "Blown Three-Mold Fragments Excavated at Sandwich," Antiques, vol. 35, May 1939, pp. 240-243 (Reprint 1, pp. 168-171), p. 243, no. 19.

References to glass classifications established in 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.IV-3, p. 257, pl. 96; p. 310.

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. 237, no. 290.