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Ale glass
Glass
c. 1765-1780
Ale glass
Ale glass
Glass
c. 1765-1780
Ale glass Glass c. 1765-1780
Status
Not on view
Label Text

Visitors to Mount Vernon routinely commented on the abundance of provisions offered at dinner, which included a selection of beverages ranging from fine wines to hard cider, ale, beer, and the Philadelphia porter of which George Washington was fond. Malted liquors and ciders were typically served in glasses with deep bowls. This example is similar to the "enameled" ale glasses Washington acquired from London in the 1760s and 1770s. The term "enameled" refers to the opaque white glass rods embedded in the stem, which glassmakers fashioned into a dazzling variety of spirals, gauzes, and twists.

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Date1765-1780
Geography Made - England
Medium/TechniqueGlass
DimensionsOverall: 7 3/8 in. x 3 in. x 3 in. (18.75 cm x 7.62 cm x 7.62 cm) Other (bowl): 4 in. x 2 in. x 2 in. (10.16 cm x 5.08 cm x 5.08 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, 1959
Object numberM-2286/D
DescriptionDrinking glass with round funnel bowl, double series opaque twist with four spiral tapes outside gauze in a plain stem, and conical foot with pontil mark.
Published ReferencesExhibition and Public Sale of Antiques: Rare American Furniture and Decorative Arts, From the Estates of the Late Honorable and Mrs. Breckinridge Long, to be held at Montpelier Manor Laurel-Bowie Road, Route 197, Laurel, Maryland by Order of Christine Long (Philadelphia: W. D. Morley, Inc., 1959), 902.

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Ale glass
Glass
c. 1765-1780
1765-1780
Dining scenario
1765-1780
Ale glass
Glass
c. 1765-1780
1765-1780
Dining scenario
1765-1780
Dining scenario
1765-1780
Ale glass
Glass
c. 1765-1780
1765-1780
Ale glass
Glass
c. 1765-1780
1765-1780
Ale glass
Glass
c. 1765-1780
1765-1780
Ale glass
Glass
c. 1765-1780
1765-1780
Ale glass
Glass
c. 1765-1780
1765-1780
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