Covered Bowl and Plate

Object Name: 
Covered Bowl and Plate

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Object Name: 
Covered Bowl and Plate
Place Made: 
Belgium
France
Accession Number: 
63.3.23
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 19 cm, L: 26 cm; Plate H: 3 cm, L: 24 cm; Bowl H: 13.2 cm, L: 26 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1830-1850
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; pressed. (Bowl) Oval shape; stippled with scroll design in upper body and Gothic arches in lower; egg and dart rim; oval foot; ear shaped handle at each end; top and bottom rims ground and polished. (Cover) Oval, with matching pattern; shell-shape finial and cut-out in one end for spoon. (Platter) Oval, with scalloped rim; scroll design in sides and diamond design in center; foot rim ground and polished.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Way, Kenneth B., Source
Category: 
19th Century European
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressing
Material: 
glass

Publications (2)

Antiques: Traditional Techniques of the Master Craftsmen (1986) p. 68, top right, ill.; BIB# 23613
American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 391, #1512, pl. 15; BIB# 30457