Covered Sugar Bowl

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Object Name: 
Covered Sugar Bowl
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
68.4.128
Dimensions: 
H(with cover): 9 cm, W: 11.9 cm; (cover) H: 4.2 cm, W: 10.4 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1840-1850
Primary Description: 
Turquoise blue, lead glass; pressed. Octagonal shape; plain rim; "Gothic arch" pattern filled with diamonds, vertical ribbing and cross-hatching on all eight flat sides.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Abrahamson, Michael, Former Collection
Esterly, Louise S., Source
Color: 
Turquoise blue
Technique: 
pressing

Publications (3)

Hur gammalt ar glaset? (1984-01) pp. 23-25, ill. p. 23;
Glass Tableware, Bowls and Vases (1982) pl. 140, second from left; BIB# 22048
American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 248, #973; BIB# 30457