Collection Highlights
Santa Claus and his Works
Date:
1870
Object Number:
LIB.YC1870.Web
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Mug
Object Number:
INV.12477
Date:
Possibly 1800-1840, possibly 1920-1950
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 9.5 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Blue-green blown non-lead glass mug; tapered body pattern-molded with vertical ribs and decorated with spiral trailed thread of glass on upper half; applied loop handle crimped at both ends; attached foot with pontil mark.
Gallery Label:
Though some of the elememnts of this mug suggest at early 19th-century date, the lack of wear, overall lightness of the piece, and somewhat unstable-looking handles suggest that it might be a 20th-century reproduction.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
