Compote

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Object Name: 
Compote
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, Cambridge
Accession Number: 
2002.4.247
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 22.3 cm; Bowl Diam: 23.1 cm; Foot Diam: 14.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1850-1870
Credit Line: 
Gift of Sara S. Russell in memory of Isabel Leighton Stedman
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; blown and cut. Hemispherical bowl with smooth rim; applied waisted stem, cut in facets, applied circular foot with star cut underneath.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Russell, Sara Stedman, Former Collection
Stedman, Barbara Hall, Former Collection
Hall, Isabel Leighton, Former Collection
Leighton, John H., Jr., Former Collection
Leighton, John H., Former Collection
Russell, Theodore E., Source
2002-08-14
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, Cut