Covered Sugar Bowl

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Object Name: 
Covered Sugar Bowl
Place Made: 
United States, New England
Accession Number: 
59.4.62
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 13.4 cm; (a) Sugar Bowl H: 8.9 cm, Diam (max.): 12 cm; (b) Cover H: 5.3 cm, Diam (max.): 10.4 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1830-1850
Credit Line: 
Gift of Louise S. Esterly
Primary Description: 
Covered Sugar Bowl. Colorless lead glass; pressed. (a) Octagonal shape; plain rim; eight flat sides, each with a "Gothic arch" pattern filled with diamonds, vertical ribbing or cross-hatching; plain round foot. (b) Octagonal dome lid with eight-paneled knob on top.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Esterly, Louise S., Source
1959-09-01
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressing
Material: 
lead glass

Publications (2)

American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 248, #972; BIB# 30457
The Woman's Day Dictionary of American Glass (1961-08) illustrated, p. 24, middle right; BIB# 98018