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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Goblet
Object name
Goblet
Date
1933
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 6 5/8 x 3 7/8 in. ( 16.8 x 9.8 cm )
Description
Colorless blown lead-glass goblet; bucket-shaped bowl joined by inverted baluster knop to pedestal base with pontil mark; engraved on one side of bowl an eagle above 2 birds above a domed building all superimposed on a ring of stars, on the other side the inscription "REPEAL OF THE 18TH AMENDMENT 1933."
Credit Line
Gift of Gilbert Bergen
Object Number
1973.34b
Marks
engraved: on bowl; "REPEAL OF THE/ 18TH/ AMENDMENT/ 1933"
printed: underside of base; "REPEAL GLASS/ VERNAY/ MADE IN ENGLAND"
Gallery Label
The 18th Amendment to the Constitution, Prohibition, was repealed by the passage of the 21st Amendment in 1933.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
