Covered Tureen with Tray

Object Name: 
Covered Tureen with Tray

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Object Name: 
Covered Tureen with Tray
Place Made: 
United States, New England
Accession Number: 
68.4.291
Dimensions: 
(a-Tureen) H(with cover/tray): 5.8 cm, (without): 3.1 cm, L: 7.9 cm, W: 4.7 cm; (b-Cover) H: 2.3 cm, L: 6.7 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1835-1850
Primary Description: 
Peacock-blue glass; pressed. Oval shape tureen; stippled; fan ornament on sides; out-curving handles at each end; oval base with star surrounded by circles; oval, nearly flat shape cover; quatrefoil knob; stippled on underside with scrolls; oval shape tray; plain rim; panels around edge; concentric circles in oval center.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Tilden, George L., Former Collection
Green, Charles W., Former Collection
Esterly, Louise S., Source
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
blue
Technique: 
pressing
Material: 
glass

Publications (2)

Tableware in Transition: Pressed Flint Glass (1988) p. 39, ill.; BIB# AI20495
American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 148, #492, pl. 7; BIB# 30457