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Punch Cup

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1925

GUSN

GUSN-64062

Description

Colorless molded and blow or worked cylindrical body with faint faceting down sides, swelling to a bulbous squat base with corresponding foot. Applied C-shaped handle. Applied gilt coral branch motif at top.
Iridescent orange-ish tint or cast body.

Details

Descriptive Terms

punch cups
figure- and animal-derived motifs
corals (animals)
coral (material)
gilding
glass (material)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
corals (animals)
coral (material)
Cup
Cup, Punch
Glass
Gilded
Coral
Cup, Punch

Associated Building

Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

3.125 x 3.875 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret Carson Holt

Accession Number

1970.791.2

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