Tumbler

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Object Name: 
Tumbler
Place Made: 
possibly France
possibly Bohemia
probably United States, PA, Philadelphia
Accession Number: 
81.4.131
Dimensions: 
H: 11.2 cm, D: 8 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1830-1835
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass; blown, cut and engraved. Cylindrical shape; front panel engraved with view of large house and inscription "SEDGELEY PARK/in Philadelphia"; row of diamond cutting below view; vertical flutes cut in back below a row of swags; rayed pattern cut in base.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Calbert, Mrs. Eugene M., Source
1981-08-21
Category: 
Early American
19th Century European
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, Cut, Engraved
cut glass

Publications (3)

Glasses Engraved with American Views (1994-07) illustrated, p. 78, pl. I; BIB# AI33194
Recent Important Acquisitions, 24 (1982) illustrated, p. 101, #43; BIB# AI9252
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1981 (1982) p. 4; BIB# AI97141