Casket

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Object Name: 
Casket
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
France, Baccarat
Accession Number: 
79.3.7
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 12.3 cm, W: 9 cm, L: 14.4 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1830
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass and ormolu; pressed. Rectangular box with brass rim and lock hinging top and cover together; arch and waffle pattern on top and sides; egg and dart molding around base; four paw feet.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
N. Sakiel & Son, Source
1979-03-14
Category: 
19th Century European
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressing
ormolu
Material: 
lead glass
brass

Exhibitions (1)

Pressed Glass, 1825-1925
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1983-04 through 1983-10
St. Louis Art Museum 1983-12-01 through 1984-03-01
Suntory Museum of Art 1984-07-17 through 1984-09-02
Portland Museum of Art 1984-11-01 through 1985-12-31
Cincinnati Art Museum 1985-04-13 through 1985-05-26

Publications (5)

Glass and the Glorious, an 1831 Baccarat Catalog (1999) p. 30; BIB# AI43538
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass: Checklist of the Exhibition (1999) illustrated, p. 42; BIB# 63967
A Century of Pressed Glass (1983) p. 35; BIB# AI11576
Pressed Glass 1825-1925 (1983) pp. 36, 47, ill. p. 36; BIB# 30792
American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 374, #1449; BIB# 30457