Collection Highlights
Untitled (Skating in Central Park, N.Y.)
Date:
ca. 1890
Object Number:
PR.020.50.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Drinking glass: shot glass
Object Number:
1944.58m
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.
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.
Credit Line:
Gift of Florence Rogers Dietrich
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
