Tumblers: Mt Washington, Pansies by Pasinski, Stained Glass Look, Set of 6, USA, Vintage 1950s - SOLD

Red, yellow, and blue pansies with purple centers glow like stained glass on this set of six tumblers designed by Irene Pasinski for Mt. Washington Glass Works.

• Maker: Mt Washington Glass Works
• Designer: Irene Pasinski
• Pattern: Stained Glass Pansies
• Materials: Glass
• Quantity: Set of 6
• Dimensions: Each: 5.5 inches Tall, 3.0 inches in Diameter; holds 10 oz
• Origin: USA
• Era: Vintage, 1950s–1960s
• Condition: Excellent, except for one glass with a tiny chip on the rim. Otherwise there are no chips, cracks, or scratches. Please review photos closely before purchasing, as all sales are final.

Gorgeous glasses designed by Irene Pasinski, a wonderful example of her work on glass, which includes some of the era's most sought after glassware. The colorful pansies in red, yellow, and blue with purple centers and green leaves really look like stained glass, and there is a tiny red ladybug on a bottom leaf. Hand washing please; do not put them in the dishwasher.

A lovely set for entertaining, for a collector of mid-century glassware, or for anyone who loves a garden on the table.

Irene Pasinski Sailer (1924–2002), born Irene Waichler, was one of the pioneering women students of industrial design at Carnegie Tech, now Carnegie Mellon, and in 1950 she went to France on a Fulbright Fellowship. She founded Irene Pasinski Associates, a consumer product design firm, in 1956 and directed it until 1995, when William J. Kolano, who had joined the business in 1975, bought it and renamed it Kolano Design. Her clients included Lenox China, the Franklin Mint, and General Nutrition, and the firm designed the signs for Pittsburgh International Airport. She also taught painting and design at Carnegie Mellon, exhibited her abstract paintings with the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (serving as board member and president), and was named Kaufmann's woman-of-the-year in art in 1970. An Oakmont houseboat owner who pictured Pittsburgh's riverbanks green again, she originated the idea that became the Three Rivers Regatta, and she chaired the city's arts commission for six years.

Mt. Washington Glass was founded by Deming Jarves in 1837 in South Boston, and was among the oldest operating glasshouses in the country. It began as a small works known as Russell's Glass House, and the Mt. Washington Glass Works name first appears in print in 1857. In 1869–70 William Libbey moved the operation to New Bedford, Massachusetts, and in 1871 it was incorporated as the Mt. Washington Glass Works. Under manager Frederick Shirley, who ran it from 1874 to 1891, it moved from lighting and pressed glass into art glass, introducing its first art line in 1877 and Burmese glass in 1885, a heat-reactive glass that shades from yellow to salmon pink. Shirley presented Burmese pieces to Queen Victoria in 1886, and the company is also known for Peach Blow, mother of pearl satin glass, Cameo glass, and Coralene. Mt. Washington's glassmaking tradition continues today as Pairpoint Crystal.

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