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Whiskey Tumbler

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1850-1900

GUSN

GUSN-64069

Description

Thin-bodied colorless blown glass tumbler with cylindrical body slightly tapering out from flat circular bottom. Circular mouth with ground edge. Wheel-etched decorative banding at top with ball and line motif.

Details

Descriptive Terms

whiskey glasses
glassblowing
etching (corroding)
etching (printing process)
glass (material)
Glass, Drinking
Tumbler
Glass
Blown
Etched
Tumbler

Associated Building

Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

4 x 2.375 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret Carson Holt

Accession Number

1970.793.2

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