Martini glass
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
overall: 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.
Description:
Colorless lead glass martini glass; wide, trumpet-shaped bowl with straight sides, plain cylindrical stem, and circular base.
Object Number:
INV.13016a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
4566
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Glass tumbler: Durango Colorado
Classification:
Date:
1930-1950
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 12.1 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass tumbler with tall, cylindrical form; frosted, with black printed image of railroad engine embellished with brown enamel; "DURANGO COLORADO/ THE NARROW GAUGE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" printed in black above and below image.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dora Whitman Fluekiger
Object Number:
1955.258
Marks:
printed: in black above and below image; "DURANGO COLORADO/ THE NARROW GAUGE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
4563
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tumbler
Classification:
Date:
1955-1958
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 11.4 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass tumbler; tapered tumbler with red and gray decal of a Pennsylvania RR passenger train against a background of monuments of Boston, New York, and Washington D.C with the Pennsylvania RR keystone logo.
Credit Line:
Purchase, Foster-Jarvis Fund
Object Number:
1958.150b
Marks:
printed: "4902 PENNSYLVAIA 4902" on engine, "PRR" in keystone
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this is part of a set of king-sized Old Fashioned glasses (an Old Fashioned containes whiskey, bitters, sugar, mushed-up fruit, and soda) that was aquired from the Pennsylvania RR in 1958 for $3.00 a glass.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1958
eMuseum Object ID:
4561
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Underplate
Classification:
Date:
1880-1890
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. ( 3.8 x 16.5 cm )
Description:
"Wild Rose" blown molded circular underplate (for finger bowl) with irregular flared ruffled lip; color gradations from white at center to dark rose at rim; concave, polished pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1938.354b
Gallery Label:
Wild Rose glass, patented by the New England Glass Works in 1886, is an opaque shaded glass produced by the addition of oxides to the bipartite glass mixture. Amberina, Burmese, and Peach Blow are related art glass formulas popular during the late 1880s and early 1890s.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
4511
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Glass stopper
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. ( 6.4 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass stopper with hollow spherical top.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.154b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
4456
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Stopper
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 1 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass stopper blown in a multi-part mold; hollow compressed ball shape with ribbed top and diamond diapering around body; plug broken off.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1938.56b.fr.l
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
4455
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Glass tumbler w/gold trim and monogram: PTB
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 2 3/4 in. ( 7.6 x 7 cm )
Description:
Opaline blown glass tumbler; flared rim edged in gilding and initials "PTB" in gilding on side of tumbler.
Credit Line:
Gift of Henry H. Rennell
Object Number:
1958.3b
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this tumbler was once part of a set owned by P. T. Barnum (1810-1891), great-grandfather of the donor. The bowls and tumblers in this set were apparently used for mouth-rinsing after a meal.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
4300
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tumbler
Classification:
Date:
1925-1950
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. ( 6.4 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Light blue blown lead glass tumbler; circular form with applied foot composed of eleven beaded balls.
Object Number:
INV.13423
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
4298
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish: swan, light blue
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 x 4 3/8 x 2 7/8 in. ( 9.5 x 11.1 x 7.3 cm )
Description:
Pale blue pressed glass dish in the form of a swan.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.673
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
4297
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Toothpick holder
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 5/8 x 3 3/8 x 2 3/4 in. ( 9.2 x 8.6 x 7 cm )
Description:
Pale blue pressed glass toothpick holder in the form of top hat with seated dog adjacent to it on oblong base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.667
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
4296
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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