Royal Flemish Mug
Manufacturer
Mt. Washington Glass Co.
(American, New Bedford, MA)
CultureAmerican
Date1894
MediumGlass | Gilt
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Base: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Base: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm)
InscribedNo mark.
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.5088
Not on view
DescriptionStein/mug in the Royal Flemish pattern. Merely frosted background. The lower two-third is checkered by thick gilt lines with circles enameled with royal blue and violet where the lines would intersect. Followed by a band of gilt outline of leaf and scroll with applied groups of triple berries. At the rim is a blue enameled background with a different gilt scroll and leaf motif. Applied solid gold wash rope handle. Polished pontil.Published ReferencesBetty B. Sisk, _Mt. Washington Art Glass plus Webb Burmese Identification and Value Guide_ (Kentucky: Collector Books, 2003), 211. Kenneth M. Wilson and Jane Shadel Spillman, _Mt. Washington & Pairpoint Glass_, Volume 2, exh. cat., The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, 2011, 35, fig. 13-49.
Mt. Washington Glass Co.
