Tumbler or Flip Glass

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Object Name:

Department

American

Place Made:

United States, PA, Philadelphia

Date:

about 1920-1930

Color

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colorless

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Technique

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blown three-mold glass

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Material

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glass

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Dimensions:

Overall H: 17.5 cm; RIm Diam: 13.5 cm; Base Diam: 9 cm

Accession Number:

50.4.159

Location:

On Display

Description

Tumbler or Flip Glass. Lead glass, colorless; molded for pattern and free-blown; straight sides spreading slightly to plain rim; wide plain band above geometric pattern (GIII-5): band of vertical ribbing, one of alternate sunburst motif 1 and blocks of diamond diapering, narrow one of diagonal ribbing to left, one of vertical ribbing, single wide horizontal rib between bands; base ribbed to large plain center; rough pontil mark.

Provenance

McKearin, George S., Source

1950-07-31

Publications (1)

Publications

Some Blown-Three-Mold Suspicions Confirmed (1973) illustrated, p. 163, fig. 23;

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