Bell

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Object Name: 
Bell
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
60.2.61
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 18.2 cm; Bell Edge Diam: 8.4 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1800
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. William Esty
Primary Description: 
Clear and opaque white glasses; blown, with applied decoration. Bell-shaped lower part with collar on top of which the handle is attached by a metal pin and some plaster; the handle consists of a solid baluster with triple knop finial and lower knop; a chain and glass bead is attached to the metal pin; the bell itself is decorated with a pattern of festoons in opaque white glass.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Esty, Mrs. William, Source
1960-05-26
Color: 
Colorless, Opalescent White
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, Trailed

Publications (1)

Collectible Glass Bells of the World (2003) illustrated, p. 153; BIB# 76423