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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Rayed Type VIA Half Pint Tumbler
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Rayed Type VIA Half Pint Tumbler

Manufacturer Unknown
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1813-1850
MediumMold blown glass
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
Base: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Credit LineBequest of duVal Radford and Museum purchase
Object number94.19.96
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DescriptionThis is a colorless blown three mold halp pint tumbler. It has the McKearin-classified shape F2; base #31 aka rayed VIA. McKearin GIII 6

Published ReferencesGeorge S. and Helen McKearin, _American Glass_ (New York: Crown Publishers, 1948), 308, plate 111 and 125.