Bank

Notice of Upcoming Content and Access Change

The Museum is working on the future of our online collections access. A new version will be available later in 2023. During this transition period, the current version of the Collections Browser may have reduced functionality and data may be not be updated. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. For any questions or concerns, please contact us.

What is AAT?

The Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) (r) is a structured vocabulary for generic concepts related to art and architecture. It was developed by The Getty Research Institute to help research institutions become consistent in the terminology they use.Learn More

Object Name: 
Bank
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, Sandwich
Accession Number: 
55.4.192
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 29.5 cm; Body Diam (max): 11.5 cm; Foot Diam: 9.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1825-1850
Primary Description: 
Bank. Clear glass with yellow tinge and opaque white glass; free blown, with latticinio and applied and tooled decoration; flat heavy foot with rough pontil mark, annulated knop stem, conical body with latticinio loopings and sunken top closed except for a slot. Applied decoration four struts accompanying body from stem on, converging above center and being decorated with pincered and rigaree railing; at meeting of struts, three balls one on top of the other, diminishing in size (a clear between two in white) and being accompanied again by four rigaree trailings.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
McKearin Antiques, Source
1955-11-12
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
colorless
yellow
white
Technique: 
applied decoration
tooling
latticinio
glassblowing
Material: 
glass

Exhibitions (1)

Amerikanisches Glas aus 3 Jahrhunderten
Venue(s)
Amerika Hauser 1954 through 1954

Publications (5)

Glass Bottles, Lamps & Other Objects (1983) pl. 174; BIB# 22375
The Woman's Day Dictionary of American Glass (1961-08) illustrated, p. 27, top left; BIB# 98018
Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass (Doubleday edition) (1950) pl. 96, #2; BIB# 25299
Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass (Crown Publishers edition) (1950) pl. 96, #2; BIB# 76944
Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass (Bonanza Books edition) (1950) pl. 96, #2; BIB# 96725