Agracetus’s ACCELL gene gun, featured on this mug, delivers foreign genes into plant cells in order to create transgenic plants. To learn more about the ACCELL gene gun, please see object number 1993.0345.01, the Agracetus gene gun.
Straight tapered mug with molded rim and base having a concave outside bottom and flat inside bottom; pint size. Plain, hollow, D-section, S-curve handle tapers to an applied scrolled heart terminal on low-domed oval attachment. Vertical seam of plain body at center under handle. Struck incuse "57" above "DIXON & SON" in serif letters on outside bottom.
Two-handled, straight tapered mug with clear, colorless glass bottom, molded rim and footring; pint size. Vertical seam of plain body is adjacent to one of the hollow, squared bracket or elongated C-shape handles. Stamped "57" on footring underside in line with handles.
Straight tapered mug with molded rim and base; quart size. Hollow, D-section, ridged or crank scroll handle with "oozy tongue" tapers to a spatulate terminal attached flat to plain body. Partial touchmark of the personification of Hope (a classical, draped female figure leaning against large anchor at left) inside bottom. No other marks.