Bowl in "Amberina" Pattern

Object Name: 
Bowl in "Amberina" Pattern

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Object Name: 
Bowl in "Amberina" Pattern
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, Cambridge
Accession Number: 
63.4.140
Dimensions: 
H: 9 cm, D: 23.2 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1883-1888
Credit Line: 
Gift of Fletcher Ford and Mrs. Sally Recker in memory of Lola Kincaid Ford
Web Description: 
This colorful ware is said to have saved the firm from bankruptcy in the 1880s.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Amberina
Provenance: 
Recker, Mrs. Sally, Source
1963-09-26
Ford, Fletcher, Source
1963-09-26
Ford, Lola Kincaid, Former Collection
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
red
amber
Technique: 
mold-blowing
Material: 
glass

Description

Primary Description: 
Amber shading to red glass; mold-blown. Circular shape; inverted rim tooled into five scallops; diamond pattern-molded on sides; tooled flat base; polished pontil mark. Color is deep red at top shading to a clear amber at base.

Publications (1)

Glass Tableware, Bowls and Vases (1982) pl. 350; BIB# 22048