Topic: Tumbler

[Antwerp1954]

Does anyone have any publication to aid in dating tumblers?

I recently picked up this tumbler. It's made of a metal which gives no luminescence under UV and it has very thick walls. The metal contains lots of bubbles and inclusions. The base shows lots of wear and is indented by 1.5cm. No pontil mark. The bowl rim has a slight bump where it has been cut off when blown. Height 11cm.

Continental? Age?

[Ivo]

 Thick blown greyish barware might be Arques. 140 years old and still unsurpassed for everyday use.

[Paul S.]

presumably "Dansk Glas 1825-1925" by Larsen Riismoller & Schlüter, as mentioned by Ivo, would cover tumbler shapes such as this, although I believe written specifically for Danish material  -  but since I don't have the book then can't say for certain.
Doesn't seem to be anything similar specifically for U.K. glass - but shapes are fairly universal, so the above would help to date.

There is a small booklet by John A. Brooks 'Glass Tumblers 1700 - 1900' which is worth having, but you don't get very much info. in only 40 pages., but a good general introduction to tumblers, with a readable text  -  so many books simply have captions which are limited to dating and probable origin.
The Delomosne catalogue covering the March 2008 Loan exhibition 'Rare English Tumbers 1750 - 1830', is o.k. if you can afford to collect the very top draw pieces, but is restricted to English only.

Tumblers are great value for money and you get some good history, and they're almost endless in variety - some with exceptionally high quality engraving.