Cordial glasses (2)
Classification:
Date:
1900-1905
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each: 4 x 2 in. ( 10.2 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Two colorless pressed glass cordial glasses with bucket-shaped bowl with ten vertical panels around sides and thrice repeated grape motif in high relief (Panelled Grape pattern); faceted stem and plain circular foot.
Object Number:
INV.12497ab
Gallery Label:
This pattern was reproduced by Westmoreland Glass Co. of Grapeville, Pennsylvania (near Pittsburgh) in the 1950s and 1960s and was still being offered in the early 1980s (see "Pressed Glass in America," p. 399).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1905
eMuseum Object ID:
24625
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Goblet
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 7/8 x 3 in. ( 14.9 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass goblet with band of raised dots surrounding middle of bowl, narrow panels with arched tops on base of bowl, faceted stem, and plain circular foot.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.377
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
24624
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Goblet: w/coin stem
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1939
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 3 1/8 in. ( 11.4 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass goblet; cup shaped bowl engraved with initials "GR VI" and "ER", land leaf above "1939," and spread eagle with arrows and banners with "E PLURIBUS UNUM" above "1939"; hollow spherical stem contains metal coin with inscriptions, date, and portrait busts of king and queen; circular base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Robert C. Taylor
Object Number:
1945.394
Gallery Label:
This glass commemorates the visit of King George VI of England and his wife, Queen Elizabeth, to the United States in 1939.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1939
eMuseum Object ID:
24623
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Drinking glass: shot glass
Classification:
Date:
1860-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 5/8 x 2 3/8 in. ( 6.7 x 6 cm )
Description:
Colorless, lead glass; pressed. Drinking glass with nine sides; grape vine band around upper half of body; bottom of glass has been ground down, indicating that it may have been a wine glass with stem and base at one time.
Credit Line:
Gift of Florence Rogers Dietrich
Object Number:
1944.58L
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this set has been attributed to Brooklyn's Greenpoint Glassworks (working 1873-1880) and to Isaac Duval of Wellsburg, West Va. (working 1813-23). The former is more likely, given the style of the set.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
24620
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Goblet
Classification:
Date:
1860-1890
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 14.6 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass goblet with plain rim above seven vertical panels with diamond patterning separated by plain vertical bands, faceted stem with central knop, and plain circular foot.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.352a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
24619
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Champagne glass
Classification:
Date:
1860-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 3 1/8 in. ( 12.7 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless trumpet-shaped hollow stem champagne glass; lower part of bowl tapers and has seven cut panels; stem composed of three solid knops; copper wheel engraved grape vine band around bowl; circular base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Florence Rogers Dietrich
Object Number:
1944.58e
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this set has been attributed to Brooklyn's Greenpoint Glassworks (working 1873-1880) and to Isaac Duval of Wellsburg, West Va. (working 1813-23). The former is more likely, given the style of the set.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
24618
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Firing glass
Classification:
Date:
1790-1820
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 5/8 x 2 3/4 in. ( 11.7 x 7 cm )
Description:
Colorless, non-lead glass; blown. Firing glass; truncated conical bowl with drawn stem with large bubble joined with an annulated wafer to conical foot with pontil mark; wheel-engraved crowned monogram (FKC) within laurel wreath.
Object Number:
INV.545b
Gallery Label:
Firing glasses are characterized by their short, sturdy stems and heavy feet, although they are found with bowls of different shapes. Used at private clubs, drinking societies, and ceremonies, their name derives from the tradition of rapping their feet on the table, which, in large numbers, sounds like guns firing.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
24617
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Goblets (5)
Classification:
Date:
1860-1890
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each: 6 1/4 x 2 7/8 in. ( 15.9 x 7.3 cm )
Description:
Set of five colorless pressed glass goblets with plain rim above a row of inverted tassels, diagonal lines of beading extending from base of each tassel to collar at top of stem, lines of beading spiraling around stem, and plain circular foot.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.348a-e
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
24613
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Set of glassware (decanters and drinking glasses)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1790-1830
Medium:
Glass
Description:
Colorless (with a purple-gray tint) blown and cut lead glass set of glass ware including 2 large decanters and stoppers, 2 small decanters and stoppers, 12 tumblers, and fifteen cordial glasses; decorated with cut flutes and an engraved band of alternating feather and branch motifs within two horizontal lines with saw-tooth decoration at mouth.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Catherine Augusta De Peyster
Object Number:
1911.67a-ee
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
24611
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Platter
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 9 3/4 x 8 1/8 in. ( 2.9 x 24.8 x 20.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass octagonal platter with fans enclosed in half-circular frames within band edged in beading on rim and oval depression with ribs radiating from lozenge at center.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.343a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
24610
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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