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Hercules Privateer Glass

Place of OriginEngland (Bristol)
Dateabout 1760
DimensionsH: 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm); Rim Diam: 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm); Base Diam: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm)
MediumGlass, blown, with wheel-engraved decoration
ClassificationGlass
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1967.139
Not on View
Published ReferencesToledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass: A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, 1969, repr. p. 75.

Jones, Oliver R. and E. Ann Smith, Glass of the British Military, ca. 1755-1820, Ottawa, Ont.: National Historic Parks and Sites Branch, Parks Canada, Environment Canada, 1985, fig. 41, repr. p. 43.

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