Compote on Dolphin Stand

Object Name: 
Compote on Dolphin Stand

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Object Name: 
Compote on Dolphin Stand
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, PA, Pittsburgh
Accession Number: 
2002.4.70
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 22.5 cm, W:25.1 cm , D: 17.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1860-1880
Credit Line: 
Purchased with funds from the Gladys M. and Harry A. Snyder Memorial Trust
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass; pressed. Top has scalloped edge and alternating patterns of diamonds and lines. The stem is in the form of a stylized dolphin. The base is oval with designs of diamonds.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Jacob's Ladder
Provenance: 
Essmaker, Harold, Former Collection
Green Valley Auction, Source
2002-10-17
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
Transparent colorless
Technique: 
pressing
Inscription: 
Sticker on top of foot "Harold Essmaker Collection"
Label

Publications (1)

Recent Important Acquisitions, 45 (2003) illustrated, p. 211, fig. 19; BIB# AI59133