Compote in "New England Pineapple" Pattern

Object Name: 
Compote in "New England Pineapple" Pattern

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Object Name: 
Compote in "New England Pineapple" Pattern
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
possibly United States, MA, Cambridge
possibly United States, MA, Sandwich
Accession Number: 
91.4.25
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 14.6 cm; Rim Diam: 17.6 cm; Foot Diam: 10.6 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1850-1875
Credit Line: 
Gift of Lois Sweet Fogelsanger and family
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; pressed, tooled, "New England Pineapple" pattern. Circular bowl, rim of scallops and points, five pineapple-like motifs around sides, with panels below; attached by a wafer to a hollow high-stemmed base with panels around.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
New England Pineapple
Provenance: 
Fogelsanger, Lois Sweet, Source
1991-05-08
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressed, tooled
pressing

Publications (1)

Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass: Checklist of the Exhibition (1999) illustrated, p. 43; BIB# 63967