New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Goblet

Manufacturer Central Glass Co. (American)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1876

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 7 in. (17.8 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Base: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Margaret Roper Moss

Object number66.75.67

On View

On view

DescriptionPilsner/goblet of pressed colorless glass. In a pattern patented by John Oesterling & Julius Palme on 4-11-1876 as a "Centennial Beer Mug". Central catalogues show stemware in this pattern, which consists of a paneled body with a star on each side, one with "1876" in a circle within the star, and "1776" in the other.

Published ReferencesRevi, AMERICAN PRESSED, p. 111. Spillman, AMERICAN & EUROPEAN PRESSED GLASS, ill. p.289, fig. 1135.