American Modern

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Object Name: 
Tumbler
Title: 
American Modern
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
94.4.168
Dimensions: 
H: 11.4 cm, D(max): 7.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1951
Primary Description: 
Transparent yellow/green chartreuse non-lead glass; mold-blown. Tumbler with lipless fire polished circular rim, body swells slightly producing ovoid shape, then tapers in to narrow thick solid slightly flared circular foot; slightly concave base, mold marks, no pontil; unsigned (may have had a triangular paper label).

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Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Keller, Joseph, Source
Color: 
Transparent yellow/green
Technique: 
mold-blown