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
On View
On view
1890-1900
1890-1900
1896
1904
1985
c. 1773
L.E. Smith Glass Company
