Small Tumbler

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Object Name: 
Small Tumbler
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
95.4.254
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 7.8 cm, Diam: 5.9 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1932
Credit Line: 
Gift of Gerry C. and Charles S. LaFollette and Elizabeth L. McInnis in memory of Charles D. and Elizabeth S. LaFollette
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown, ground, engraved, polished. Small straight-sided cylindrical tumbler with lipless, fire-polished rim; walls engraved with staggered groups of eleven short vertical v-cut parallel lines, groups are stepped from just below rim to base; heavy solid base, ground flat, unpolished, no pontil; unsigned.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
LaFollette, Gerry C., Source
1995
LaFollette, Charles S., Source
1995
McInnis, Elizabeth L., Source
1995
Category: 
Crystal City
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
blown, ground, engraved, polished
engraving
ground glass