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

Goblet

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1810

MediumBlown and engraved glass

DimensionsOverall: 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
Base: 3 in. (7.6 cm)

InscribedInscribed below "SUNDERLAND BRIDGE"; monogrammed (script) in medallion "CEW""Previous owners catalog #G116"

Credit LineGift of Kathryn K. Porter

Object number87.424

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-2, Case 9

Label TextSUNDERLAND BRIDGE RUMMER Great Britain, probably Sunderland Early 19th Century Blown glass; emgraved. Inscriptions: on the obverse SUNDERLAND BRIDGE on the reverse, the monogram CEW Gift of Kathryn K Porter 87.424 At its completion in 1796, Sunderland Bridge (over the River Wear) was the longest single span iron bridge in the world. The 18th Century engineering marvel was clebrated in glass and ceramics well into the 19th century.Published ReferencesR. Charleston, _English Glass_, p. 203; Newman, _Dictionary of Glass_, p. 304 (a tumbler but engraving similar); _The Arthur Negres Guide to British Glass_, ill. 106; Wilkinson, _The Hallmarks of Antique Glass_, #95, p. 85 (similar).