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Ornamental Goblet

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1840-1860

GUSN

GUSN-59647

Description

Carved whale's tooth goblet with a spearhead-edged lip and turned baluster stem. One of a pair.

Details

Descriptive Terms

goblets
ivory (tooth component)
turning (shaping process)
Glass, Drinking
Goblet
Goblet

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

6 3/4 x 2 5/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.4289.2

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