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Glass, Champagne

Object number2020.21.11

MediumGlass

Credit LineGift of The Twentieth Century Club

DescriptionColorless glass champagne glass. Short champagne glass. Circular shallow domed base connects to cylindrical stem that widens toward top. Squat, circular faceted bowl with narrow bottom that slopes outward to wide rim. Bowl has etched organizational emblem on side that is comprised of a shield surmounted by classical female figure holding quill pen in right hand and paper in left hand; club logo is in the viewer's top right corner.DimensionsHeight x Diameter: 4.063 x 2.75 in. (10.3 x 7 cm)
InscriptionsEtched emblem on the side of the bowl has overlapping text in the viewer's top right corner "TCC".
Historical NotesChampagne glass from the Twentieth Century Club. The Twentieth Century Club was founded in 1894 with the aim to “create an organization for women’s work, though and activity, advancing her interested, promoting art, science and literature.” Women’s clubs were part of a greater social movement in the late 1800s that grew out of the idea that women had a moral duty and responsibility to transform society and public policy. This was a progressive era movement with links to suffrage and temperance, although not all members of women’s clubs adhered to either movement. The Pittsburgh club first met at the Thompson mansion at 408 Penn Avenue. They sponsored lectures and classes on language, literature, travel, history and science and were a member of the State Federation of Women’s Clubs. In 1910, they opened a club at their present location in Oakland, and in 1930 the clubhouse was redesigned by Benno Janssen. Many of these clubs saw a decline in the 1960s.

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