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

Mug

Manufacturer Atterbury & Co.
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1881
MediumPressed glass
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Paul Brandwein
Object number79.166.81
Not on view
DescriptionMug of pressed blue opaline glass. With a profile bust surrounded by oval of beading and faint "laurel" branches. Called a "Washington-Lafayette" mug, although profile shows no resemblance to either. Profile and Spring pattern.

Published ReferencesLindsey, AMERICAN HISTORICAL GLASS, #251, pg. 266-268. Peterson, GLASS PATENTS AND PATTERNS, pg. 26-29, no. 8.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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