Covered Compote

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Object Name: 
Covered Compote
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, PA, Pittsburgh
Accession Number: 
2005.4.166
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 32.2 cm, Diam (max): 26.1 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1860-1882
Web Description: 
This compote, which was shown in a recently discovered Bakewell catalog of 1868, originally sold to wholesalers for $2.70 per dozen. It is rare to be able to positively attribute a relatively plain piece such as this one.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
M. Finkel & Daughter, Source
2005-08-30
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
tooling
applied decoration
Material: 
lead glass

Description

Primary Description: 
Covered Compote. Colorless lead glass; blown and applied. Hemispherical bowl with folded top rim, applied hollow baluster stem, applied flat circular foot with polished pontil mark underneath. Matching lid has a folded lip and an applied knob with top surface ground and polished.

Publications (1)

The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2005 (2006) illustrated, pp. 14, 20; BIB# AI90241