Lemonade glass

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Object Name: 
Lemonade glass
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
79.4.317
Dimensions: 
H: 14.1 cm, Diam: 5.4 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1870-1888
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Primary Description: 
Amber glass; blown, tooled. Cylindrical shape, completely covered with amber threading; applied amber handle near base of one side; polished pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss Memorial Foundation, Ruth Bryan, Source
1979-03-22
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
amber
Technique: 
blown, tooled

Publications (3)

Shades of Glass (2006) illustrated, p. 30, 2nd from top; BIB# 100967
Liquid Refreshment Exhibition to Open at Corning Museum (1993-03-26) illustrated, p. 52; BIB# AI101368
American Glass in the Jerome Strauss Collection (1980-08) pl. IV, p. 275; BIB# AI9966