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Wine Glass

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

ca. 1900

GUSN

GUSN-6390

Description

Free blown colorless glass body; inverted cone bowl; tapered stem; low domed foot; unfinished pontil; three stylized swags with tassels in between etched on bowl.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wine glasses
glassblowing
etching (corroding)
etching (printing process)
glass (material)
Colonial Revival
swags
Glass
Colonial Revival
Blown
Etched
Swag
GLASS, WINE

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

4.75 x 2.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1269

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