Collection Highlights
Geometrical Lathe-work Proof
Date:
Object Number:
PR.221.63
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fotted beaker
Object Number:
1949.185
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/8 x 10 3/4 x 9 3/8 in. ( 31.4 x 27.3 x 23.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown glass footed beaker with base blown separately and joined with a wafer; cylindrical bowl with rim folded inward, pouring spout, and rounded bottom; hollow pedestal has tooled rim and pontil mark on the inside.
Gallery Label:
This object is described as a "druggist's mixing jar" in the accession records.
Credit Line:
Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
