Bowl

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Object Name: 
Bowl
Place Made: 
United States, OH, Kent
Accession Number: 
50.4.70
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 6.75 cm; Rim Diam: 22.5 cm; Base Diam: 10.25 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1823-1833
Primary Description: 
Bowl. Non-lead glass; brilliant golden amber; pattern-molded and free-blown; double-ogee form--sides rounding at bottom, rising straight, then flaring in upward slant--, wide outfolded rim; rough pontil mark; expanded broken-swirl design.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
McKearin, George S. (b. 1874), Source
1950-07-31
Color: 
amber
Technique: 
mold-blowing
Material: 
glass

Publications (2)

Glass Tableware, Bowls and Vases (1982) illustrated, pl. 274; BIB# 22048
American Glass (1948) (1948) illustrated, #9, pl. 81; BIB# 25297