Bell

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Object Name: 
Bell
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, PA, Charleroi
Accession Number: 
51.4.660 A
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 46 cm, Diam (max): 24.9 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1898
Credit Line: 
Gift of John F. Klumpp
Primary Description: 
Bell. Transparent red and yellow; translucent to opaque opalescent and opaque white glass; mold-blown, cased, tooled. Truncated conical body of gold ruby glass, patterned in a mold with "hobnail" impressions, ending in a collar at top and with an applied band of opalescent glass around lower rim; handles of white cased with yellow glass patterned in a ribbed mold and swirled, fastened to bell body at the collar with a putty-like material.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Klumpp, John F. (American), Source
1951-08-07
Color: 
white
red
yellow
Technique: 
mold-blowing
tooling
applied
opalescence
cased glass
Material: 
glass
ruby glass

Publications (1)

Collectible Glass Bells of the World (2003) illustrated, p. 162; BIB# 76423

Objects in Set (2)

Pair of Bells
Artist:Macbeth-Evans Glass Company
Date:1898
Accession Number:51.4.660
Bell
Artist:Macbeth-Evans Glass Company
Date:1898
Accession Number:51.4.660 B