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Wineglass
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Due to its fragile nature, few pieces of glass associated with the Washingtons survive. George Washington dealt with this same problem during his presidency. At the end of his second term, he meticulously itemized all public furniture Congress procured for presidential use and all private objects he purchased. The glassware he considered his own, inasmuch as it has "been worn out, broken, stolen and replaced (at private expense) over & over again." The shape of these wineglasses, as well as their wheel-engraved and faceted decoration, suggest Washington purchased them and a matching decanter while he was president in the 1790s.

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Date1790-1800
Geography Possibly made - England
Medium/TechniqueGlass
DimensionsOverall: 4 3/4 in. x 2 1/2 in. x 2 1/2 in. (12.07 cm x 6.35 cm x 6.35 cm) Other (bowl): 2 5/8 in. x 2 5/16 in. x 2 5/16 in. (6.68 cm x 5.87 cm x 5.87 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, 1957
Object numberW-2117/A
DescriptionColorless, blown glass wineglass with trumpet-shape bowl, tapered drawn stem, and conical foot with faceted edge and pontil mark. Wheel engraved around rim with a band of stars and cut, polished ovals between horizontal and zigzag lines; three rows of stars below.
Published ReferencesCarol Borchert Cadou, The George Washington Collection: Fine and Decorative Arts at Mount Vernon (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2006), 158.

William Armstrong, "Some New Washington Relics. I. From the Collection of Mrs. B.W. Kennon," The Century Magazine 40/1 (May 1890): 22.
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