Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-225
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Champagne glass
Object Number:
1944.58d
Date:
1860-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 3 1/8 in. ( 12.7 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless, trumpet-shaped hollow stem champagne glass; ground and polished rim, lower part of bowl tapers and has seven cut panels; stem composed of three solid knops; copper wheel engraved grape vine band around bowl; circular base, no pontil mark.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this set has been attributed to Brooklyn's Greenpoint Glassworks (working 1873-1880) and to Isaac Duval of Wellsburg, West Va. (working 1813-23). The former is more likely, given the style of the set.
Credit Line:
Gift of Florence Rogers Dietrich
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
