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Punch cup

Manufacturer Mt. Washington Glass Co. (American, New Bedford, MA)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1890-1895

MediumGlass | Gilt

DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm)

InscribedMarked in gold across polished pontil: "NAPOLI/5".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.5096

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-6, Case 39

DescriptionPunch cup of clear glass in the Napoli pattern. Squat fat cup with a handle above the rim. Seven irregularly placed "dimples" on the lower part of the cup. Clear glass enameled with gold into segments outside. Gold decorated handle. Gold dotted rim. Enameled inside with two jolly elves and a scared cat. Polished pontil. Palmer Cox Brownie design.

Exhibition History"Mount Washington and Pairpoint: American Glass from the Gilded Age to the Roaring Twenties," Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, May 19 - December 31, 2011.Published ReferencesKenneth M. Wilson and Jane Shadel Spillman, _Mt. Washington & Pairpoint Glass_, Volume 2, exh. cat., The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, 2011, 131, fig. 16-17.