Toasting Glass

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Toasting Glass

c. 1700-1750

Artist/maker unknown, Dutch?

In the mid-eighteenth century, glassmakers often made the stems of toasting glasses thin enough to be easily snapped in a dramatic gesture after the delivery of a toast. As a result of this practice, very few toasting glasses of the period have survived.

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Object Details

Title:

Toasting Glass

Date:

c. 1700-1750

Artist:

Artist/maker unknown, Dutch?

Medium:

Lead-crystal glass

Dimensions:

Height: 9 3/8 inches (23.8 cm)

Classification:

Containers

Credit Line:

The George H. Lorimer Collection, 1938

Accession Number:

1938-23-63

Geography:

Probably made in Netherlands, Europe

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