Wine Glass Painted with Enamel
Credit LineGift of Millicent Giddens, London, Ontario, 1973
Object number1973.007.140
Label TextLondoner Millicent Giddens bequeathed her extensive glass collection to the museum after her passing in 1941. Since 1905, Giddens and a group of friends known as "The Antiquarians" collected curios from vintage shops around the London area. This wine glass is from her collection of pressed glassware. Pressed glass was first patented in 1825 by John P. Bakewell. It is formed by pressing molten glass into a mould with a plunger. It became an inexpensive way to mass-produce patterned glassware. Pressed glass is used as a base for what became known as "Goofus Glass". This type of glass refers to pressed glass decorated with unfired enamel paint, popular in the early 20th-century. This technique contrasts with enameled glass, where the enamel is fired, making it much more durable.
NameGlass, Wine
