Mug

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Object Name: 
Mug
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, PA, Philadelphia
Accession Number: 
71.4.83
Dimensions: 
H: 9.7 cm, D(rim): 9 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1830-1842
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown and cut. Cylindrical shape with heavy applied handle at one side; notched rim; cut design of fans, ellipses, squares and diamonds around body, above a row of cut panels; cut star filling base.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Albany Institute of History and Art, Source
1971-07-13
Vail, Laura M. F. Tillson, Former Collection
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
cutting
Material: 
lead glass

Publications (2)

The Coopererative Venture of the Union Glass Works, Kennsington, Pennsylvania, 1826-1842 (1997) illustrated, p. 112, fig. 17;
Cut Glass Lamps Attributed to the Union Flint Glass Works, Kensington, Philadelphia (1983) illustrated, p. 222, fig. 1;