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Tumbler

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1800-1850

GUSN

GUSN-6366

Description

Free blown colorless glass cylindrical body; diamond facets cut on sides to base; elliptical facets above; sunburst facet cut on bottom; radiating to edge.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tumblers (drinking glasses)
glassblowing
flint glass
glass (material)
Anglo-Irish glass
sunbursts
Glass
Anglo-Irish
Sunburst
Blown
TUMBLER

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Ireland

Dimensions

4.25 x 3.25 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1263

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