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Wine Glass

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1790-1800

GUSN

GUSN-2491

Description

Clear-blown wine glass of neo-classical style, with sway and tassle etched decoration with tiny cuts around the rim, fluted cut glass stem and plan foot.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wine glasses
glassblowing
cutting (dividing)
etching (corroding)
etching (printing process)
glass (material)
Neoclassical
Glass
Cut
Blown
Etched
Neoclassical
GLASS, WINE

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Ireland; England

Dimensions

4.5 x 2.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.517

Places

Possibly Republic of Ireland
Possibly England (United Kingdom) [country]

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