Tumbler
Manufacturer
Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat
(French, founded 1764)
CultureFrench
Dateca. 1848
MediumPressed glass
DimensionsOverall: 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.6710
Not on view
DescriptionClear cylindrical pressed glass tumbler with an incrusted ceramic sulphide of Napolean I and Marie-Louise in center; heavy; 12 radical ribbed bottom and 12 projecting round boss at tumbler bottom, then scallops and followed by 12 large oval projections; plain 1/2" at rim.Published ReferencesHaynes, _Glass Through the Ages_, pl. 51, #6. Jokelson, _Sulphides, The Art of Cameo Incrustation_, pg. 46. Cloak, GLASS PAPERWEIGHTS, pg. 52, #383.
