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

Milchglas Mug

Manufacturer Unknown
CultureGerman
Dateca. 1760
MediumBlown and enameled glass
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm)
Base: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.6850
On View
On view
DescriptionTankard/mug of blue tinted white opalescent (milchglass). With an applied strap handle with a curled end and a high kick bottom. Enameled in multi-colors. Young man in a pink jacket in a leaf frame and a multi-floral spray around rest. Rough pontil.

Published ReferencesSpiegl, GLAS, pg. 104, #77.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
1750-1800
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
1775-1825
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
ca. 1790
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
1725-1775
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1820-1850
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
1700-1875
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Kent F. Ipsen
1991
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Ernst Pullme Meistersdorf
1919
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
1st century-2nd century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
No Date
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Louis Comfort Tiffany
ca. 1914