Rare Early American blown flip, Stiegel type, 1769-1779 period. Ribbed, clear glass, sides spreading slightly to plain rim, decorated by long narrow molded sunken panels, at top copper wheel engraving. See Plate 22 in American Glass by McKearin.
A large drinking glass, no stem, no handle, often with a lid perhaps modeled after metal versions, that held the drink 'flip. The following was taken from an article on the WEb:Let me not fail to speak of the splendid glasses in which flip was ofte ...click for details
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