Goblet in "Liberty Bell" Pattern

Object Name: 
Goblet in "Liberty Bell" Pattern

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Object Name: 
Goblet in "Liberty Bell" Pattern
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, PA, Pittsburgh
Accession Number: 
55.4.1 B
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 15.5 cm; Rim Diam: 8.8 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1876
Primary Description: 
Goblet in "Liberty Bell" Pattern. Clear glass; pressed. Goblet: flat foot, paneled baluster stem, bucket bowl; on the bowl the Liberty Bell with "DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 1776 1876", on reverse "100 YEARS AGO".

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Liberty Bell
Category: 
Early American
World's Fairs/Expositions
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressing
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
100 YEARS AGO
inscription
: 
Pressed reverse
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, 1776 1876
inscription
: 
Pressed bowl

Publications (1)

American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 289, #1133; BIB# 30457

Objects in Set (2)

Plate and Goblet in "Liberty Bell" Pattern
Artist:Adams & Company
Date:1876
Accession Number:55.4.1
Plate in "Liberty Bell" Pattern
Artist:Adams & Company
Date:1876
Accession Number:55.4.1 A