Small Tumbler

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Object Name: 
Small Tumbler
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
85.4.14
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 6 cm, Diam: 5.6 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1893
Credit Line: 
Gift of Estelle F. Sinclaire
Primary Description: 
Small Tumbler. Colorless non-lead glass, ruby stained; pressed, engraved. Cylindrical shape with row of vertical flutes near base; body above flutes stained dark red and engraved through stain in script "H. P. Sinclaire Jr. / Corning, N.Y." on one side and "World's Fair / 1893" on the other; base ring ground and polished.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Farrar, Estelle Sinclaire (Mrs. Frederic) (American, 1919-2001), Source
1985-04-16
Color: 
colorless
ruby
Technique: 
engraving
pressing
staining
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
World's Fair / 1893
inscription
: 
Engraved on one side
H. P. Sinclaire Jr. / Corning, N.Y.
inscription
: 
Engraved on one side