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Shot Glass
Shot Glass

Shot Glass

Date1900-1950
MediumPressed colorless glass with yellow transfer
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x diameter): 3 x 2 3/8in. (7.6 x 6cm)
ClassificationsGlassware
Credit LineGift of the heirs of Morgan B. Brainard
DescriptionShot glass made of pressed colorless glass. The shot glass has a plain rim, tapered sides, and a flat bottom. One side is decorated with elaborate printed masonic imagery in a light mustard yellow transfer. The masonic imagery shows two columns, both with a globe on top. Between the two columns are an eye, a sun, a moon, the masonic square and compass, the letter "G", and a ladder, among others. The columns and imagery between them rest on a tile floor and podium.
Object number1961.12.36
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Pitcher
    Unknown
    1795-1810
    Pitcher
    William Johnson
    1795-1810
    Pitcher
    Unknown
    1800-1810
    Bequest of George Dudley Seymour, 1945.1.1379 Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.© 2014 The Connectic…
    The New Bremen Glass Manufactury
    1785-1795
    1977.96.0.3
    George A. Chafee
    1875-1900
    Drinking Glass
    Unknown
    1940-1960
    Gift of Alvin B. Reiner, 1993.91.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyrig…
    Unknown
    1880-1900
    Collection of Morgan B. Brainard. Gift of Mrs. Morgan B. Brainard.  1961.63.32  © 2011 The Conn…
    Ariel Lawrence
    about 1797
    Paperweight
    Barnes & Abrams Co.
    about 1890-1910
    1999.129.0a
    The Connecticut Store
    1995-1999
    1974.50.1984
    J. G. Lane
    1875-1900