Covered jar | Tumbler
Manufacturer
Steuben Glass Works
(American, 1903 - 2011)
Designer
George Thompson
(American, 1913 - 1981)
CultureAmerican
Date1947-1982
MediumBlown glass | Silver
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)
Base: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)
Base: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
InscribedGlass engraved bottom edge script: "Steuben"; silver: "MR" in a square.
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number87.371
Not on view
DescriptionBlown, colorless, plain squat with thick bottom with center projecting into bottom. Still a stock item (1982); this is a "make-do" of sorts - it is an old fashioned tumbler with "handwrought" "sterling" cover slight dome shape squat "mushroom" type finial.Published ReferencesM.J. Madigan, STEUBEN GLASS, p. 274, #7933 (1947).
