6 Clear Optic Tumblers
Updated September 5, 2026
| Lot number | 281 |
| Auction | Hancock Estate Auction |
| Date | September 25, 2026 at 9:30 AM CDT |
| Auction house | Harrison Auction & Realtor |
| Location | Gracemont, Oklahoma |
25-Character Title 6 Clear Optic Tumblers (23) Alternates: 6 Swirl Glass Tumblers (22) Set of 6 Cooler Glasses (23) 6 Tall Optic Glasses (20) HiBid DESCRIPTION SET OF SIX CLEAR OPTIC SWIRL GLASS TUMBLERS - TALL COOLER OR ICED TEA SIZE Six matching tall clear glass tumblers in a soft optic swirl pattern, the kind of everyday drinkware that shows up in almost every mid-century kitchen cabinet and still works perfectly on a table today. Each glass is a straight-sided cooler or iced tea form, slightly wider at the rim than at the base, with a plain smooth rim and a heavy pressed bottom. The optic pattern is molded into the glass rather than cut, running as vertical rippled panels or twisted swirls up the body, and it catches light nicely without being busy. No maker mark, label, or backstamp is visible on any of the six glasses, so no maker is claimed. Glasses stand approximately 6-1/4 to 6-1/2 inches tall with a rim of roughly 3 inches, putting them in the iced tea, water, or highball range. They are practical, they match, and six of a kind is the number most buyers want. Bidders should read the condition notes, since glasses of this age normally carry utensil marks and dishwasher haze that photographs do not show. Sold as a lot of six tumblers. Description Six clear pressed glass tumblers, all appearing to be the same pattern, form, and size. Tall cooler or iced tea form, straight-sided with a very slight flare toward the rim, tapering gently to a narrower base, with a plain smooth rim and no foot. Optic swirl decoration molded into the wall of each glass, appearing as soft vertical ripples or twisted panels that read most clearly where light passes through, with the upper portion nearly plain and the pattern strongest through the lower two-thirds. Heavy pressed base with a thick glass bottom and a molded interior ring visible in the interior photographs. Colorless clear glass throughout with no color band, frosting, printing, or applied decoration of any kind. No maker mark, molded logo, etched signature, or paper label is visible in any photograph, including the base and interior views, so no manufacturer, pattern name, or age is claimed. Stand approximately 6-1/4 to 6-1/2 inches tall per the tape-measure photograph, in which the tape is stood on the table beside the glass rather than fixed to it, so the height is a close estimate. Rim diameter is approximately 3 inches per the second tape-measure photograph, in which the tape rests across the top of the glass rather than hooked on it, so that figure is also a close estimate. Capacity was not measured; based on the height and rim these are in the range typically sold as iced tea or cooler glasses. Bidders should verify all dimensions from the photographs. Attribution note Optic or swirl-molded clear tumblers of this type were produced in enormous quantity by American glass houses for the everyday drinkware market from roughly the 1950s onward, and the same general form continued
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