Wine or Firing Glass

Object Name: 
Wine or Firing Glass

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Object Name: 
Wine or Firing Glass
Place Made: 
possibly Bohemia
possibly United States
probably Germany
Accession Number: 
51.3.322
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 10.3 cm; Rim Diam (max): 5.8 cm; Foot Diam (max): 6 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1790-1810
Primary Description: 
Wine or Firing Glass. Pale green tint non-lead glass; free-blown. Large tapering bowl terminating in thick "stem" with large tear; applied heavy, wide, terraced (1 step) circular "firing" foot, rough pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
McKearin, George S. (b. 1874), Source
1926
to
1950-07-31
Meecham, Miss Minnie I., Former Collection
1926
Color: 
green
Technique: 
glassblowing
Material: 
glass

Publications (1)

American Glass (1948) (1948) illustrated, pp. 110 ff., 122, pl. 42, 43, #10; BIB# 25297