Glass, Drinking
Object number2008.68.1
Date1958
Mediumglass, paint
Credit LineGift of George A. Ratz
DescriptionColorless glass drinking glass; blown and molded; elongated funnel bowl; wafer over hexagonal stem, disc foot; band of gold painted decoration on rim; transfer print in gold on bowl of bicentennial logo; two mold seams on stem.Dimensions8.25 x 2.75 in. (21 x 7 cm)InscriptionsOn bowl: "GATEWAY / TO THE FUTURE / 1758 / PITTSBURGH BICENTENNIAL 1958-59".
Historical NotesPittsburgh bicentennial commemorative glass, 1958. The theme was “Gateway to the Future”.
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c. 1773
1930-1957