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Rummers

Scope note

Type of late-18th- and early-19th-century English drinking glass having a capacious bowl which rests on a short stem. Early examples have ovoid bowls of fairly thin glass; later ones are much thicker, straight-sided and stand on heavy, sometimes square, feet.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300043243

Broader Terms used

drinking glasses

Equivalent Terms used

rummer

Created

13yrs ago

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