Mug

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Object Name: 
Mug
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
79.4.495
Dimensions: 
H: 9.3 cm, Diam: 8.3 cm; W (incl handle): 11 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1845-1870
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Jerome Strauss
Primary Description: 
Transparent amber glass; pressed "Ashburton" pattern. Conical shape, with two rows of oval panels around sides; ear-shape handle with crimp at bottom applied to one side; applied circular foot; polished pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Ashburton
Provenance: 
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Source
1979-03-22
Color: 
Transparent amber
Technique: 
pressing

Exhibitions (2)

Liquid Refreshment: 2000 Years of Drinks and Drinking Glasses
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1993-04-24 through 1994-12-31
Pressed Glass, 1825-1925
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1983-04 through 1983-10
St. Louis Art Museum 1983-12-01 through 1984-03-01
Suntory Museum of Art 1984-07-17 through 1984-09-02
Portland Museum of Art 1984-11-01 through 1985-12-31
Cincinnati Art Museum 1985-04-13 through 1985-05-26
 

Publications (4)

Current and Coming: American and European Pressed Glass (1983-06) p. 1128;
A Century of Pressed Glass (1983) ill.; BIB# AI11576
Pressed Glass 1825-1925 (1983) 48 p.; BIB# 30792
Nineteenth Century Pressed Glass (1983) illustrated, p. 35 (right); BIB# AI10579