Pair of Sweetmeat Bowls

Object Name: 
Pair of Sweetmeat Bowls

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Object Name: 
Pair of Sweetmeat Bowls
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
74.2.9
Dimensions: 
See Individual Records
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1750-1760
Primary Description: 
Pair of Sweetmeat Bowls. Transparent dark blue lead glass; blown and cut. Deep, rounded bowl with galleried scalloped rim; all-over cut with large diamond-shape facets; large flattened-ovoid knop, domed foot, with oval facets; scalloped foot rim; rough pontil mark on underside of foot.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Bradley, Philip H., Source
1974-07-29
Technique: 
glassblowing
cutting

Publications (1)

Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass: Checklist of the Exhibition (1999) illustrated, p. 21; BIB# 63967

Objects in Set (2)

Sweetmeat Bowl
Date:about 1750-1760
Accession Number:74.2.9 A
Sweetmeat Bowl
Date:about 1750-1760
Accession Number:74.2.9 B