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Mug
1765–85
Blown and engraved potash-lime glass
Mug with lid: 8 1/2 × 3 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (21.59 × 9.53 × 12.07 cm)
Mug: 5 1/4 × 3 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (13.34 × 8.89 × 12.07 cm)
Lid: 3 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (8.89 × 9.53 cm)
Mabel Brady Garvan Collection
1931.1149a-b
Geography:
Probably made in Bohemia
Status:
On view
Culture:
German
Period:
18th century
Classification:
Containers - Glass
Provenance:
Frederick J. WIlliamson, Montclair, NJ, by 1916; American Art Association, New York, 5 December 196, lot 484; by purchase to Francis P. Garvan, New York, 1916–31; by gift to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1931
Bibliography:
John Stuart Gordon, American Glass: The Collections at Yale (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2018), 4, fig. 1.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
