Tumbler

Object number2008.38.2

Date1914

Mediumglass; paint

Credit LineGift of Martha McVay Hills

DescriptionPressed glass tumbler. Smooth round rim. Bowl of ruby-flashed glass and clear glass at base: hand-chiseled text out of ruby glass. Lower half of bowl, near base: ovoid facets.Dimensions2.25 x 2.125 x 1.875 in. (5.7 x 5.4 x 4.8 cm)
InscriptionsHand-chiseled out of ruby glass: "Pitts. Expo. / 1914".
Historical NotesSouvenir tumbler of ruby glass from the 1914 Pittsburgh Expo. Part of a collection of Pittsburgh memorabilia.

Collector Martha McVay Hills

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