Bar Bottle in "Ashburton" Pattern

Object Name: 
Bar Bottle in "Ashburton" Pattern

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Object Name: 
Bar Bottle in "Ashburton" Pattern
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, Cambridge
Accession Number: 
67.4.147
Dimensions: 
H: 26.8 cm, D (base): 8.7 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1845-1875
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; pressed and tooled. Barrel-shape body; heavy applied lip; eight large ovals around sides above eight arches; octagonal base; ground and polished pontil mark on base.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Ashburton
Provenance: 
Houghton, Laura (Mrs. Amory), Source
Houghton, The Honorable Amory (American, 1926-2020), Source
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
hot-working
pressing
Material: 
lead glass

Publications (2)

Glass Tableware, Bowls and Vases (1982) pl. 109; BIB# 22048
American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 251, #994; BIB# 30457