Preserve Glasses

Date1840-1880

MediumBlown colorless non-lead glass with a light grey tint

DimensionsComponent (height x diameter of .3): 3 3/4 x 3 1/2in. (9.5 x 8.9cm) Component (height x diameter of .4): 3 1/2 x 3 5/8in. (8.9 x 9.2cm)

ClassificationsGlassware

Credit LineBequest of George Dudley Seymour

Object number1945.1.1213.3-.4

DescriptionPair of preserve glasses made of blown colorless lead glass with a light grey tint. Each glass has a flared, folded rim, tapered sides, and a shallow kick on the bottom. Each of the glasses are a slightly different size.

Kick: An indentation in the bottom of a drinking glass, bottle, or other glass object.

NotesHistorical Note: These utilitarian preserve glasses, also called jelly glasses, were used to preserve and store fruit and jellies. They are not to be confused with stemmed glasses with a handle used to serve jellies and ices in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, which are also called jelly glasses. (Hunt 4/27/2005)

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