Covered Sugar Bowl

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Object Name: 
Covered Sugar Bowl
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
86.4.100
Dimensions: 
(a&b) H: 23.1 cm, (a) H: 16.7 cm, D: 12.5 cm; (b) H: 8 cm, D: 10.9 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1820-1850
Credit Line: 
Bequest of the Estate of Martha J. Herpst
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown, engraved. (a) Globular shape with galleried rim with American Eagle engraved on each side; eagle stooping, with arrows and olive branches and seven stars behind his head; applied baluster stem; applied circular foot with rough pontil mark. (b) Bell-shaped lid with solid knop with pontil mark on top; folded rim.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
Eller, E. R., Former Collection
Wettlaufer, Crawford, Former Collection
Herpst Estate, Martha J., Source
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, Engraved

Publications (1)

The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1986 (1987) p. 5; BIB# AI96383