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

Tumbler

ManufacturerPossibly Bakewell, Pears, & Co. (American, 1808-1882)

CultureAmerican

Date1831

MediumBlown glass

DimensionsOverall: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number79.167.2

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-3, Case 18

Label TextThomas Norton Tumbler Midwestern United States Ca. 1831 Blown lead glass; engraved. Inscribed: in a shield T N/ 1831 Museum Purchase 79.167.2 This tumbler descended in the family of Thomas Norton, who lived in Wheeling, West Virginia from the late 1820s until about 1840. This tumbler is similar to some engraved in Pittsburgh, but could have been made in either city. Richard James, formerly an engraver in Pittsburgh, worked in Wheeling in the 1830s.Exhibition History"Industry in Nineteenth Century America," Portland Museum of Art, Oct. 5, 1983-Aug. 21, 1985. Published ReferencesInnes, PITTSBURGH GLASS, fig. 76 & 71, pg. 125-128.