Cheese Dish with Cover

Object Name: 
Cheese Dish with Cover

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Object Name: 
Cheese Dish with Cover
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, probably NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
86.4.6
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 17.5 cm; (a) Dish Diam: 26.6 cm; (b) Cover Diam: 18 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1890-1900
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Richard O'Brien in memory of Mr. and Mrs. John Ryan
Primary Description: 
Cheese Dish with Cover. Colorless lead glass; blown and cut. (a) Underplate with hobstar in center; ten cross-hatched ellipses separated by hobstar. (b) Cylindrical cover with round facet cut knob; cut pattern on body of ten cross-hatched ellipses separated by hobstars; rim ground and polished.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
O'Brien, Mrs. Richard A., Source
1986-01-28
Ryan, Mrs. John (d. 1908), Former Collection
1908
Category: 
Crystal City
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
cutting
Material: 
lead glass

Publications (3)

The American Cut Glass Industry: T. G. Hawkes and His Competitors (1996) illustrated, p. 46, #2-4; BIB# 36646
Recent Important Acquisitions, 29 (1987) illustrated, pp. 124-125, #33; BIB# AI19055
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1986 (1987) p. 6; BIB# AI96383