Collection Highlights
"Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"
Date:
Object Number:
PR.031.3
Medium:
Chromolithograph card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tumbler
Object Number:
1965.770e
Date:
1775-1825
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. ( 8.9 x 7 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown nonlead glass tumbler; tapered body with pontil mark on bottom; polychrome enamel-painted decoration consisting of bird perched on heart, flanked by scrolls, with floral sprays meeting on other side of tumbler, with decoration contained within horizontal painted bands; white scalloped line below rim.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
