Dish in "Silver Threads and Diamond" Pattern

Object Name: 
Dish in "Silver Threads and Diamond" Pattern

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Object Name: 
Dish in "Silver Threads and Diamond" Pattern
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning (engraving)
United States, probably PA, White Mills (blank)
Accession Number: 
74.4.168
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 2.4 cm, Diam: 15.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1913-1920
Credit Line: 
Gift of Estelle Sinclaire Farrar
Primary Description: 
Dish in "Silver Threads and Diamond" Pattern. Colorless, lead glass; blown, cut. Shallow, octagonal shape, with brilliant cut diamonds around underside of flat rim; shallow vertical flutes around sides and narrow parallel cuts radiating from center ("silver thread") in the base; base with circle with two copper-wheel engraved roses underneath.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Silver Threads and Diamonds
Provenance: 
Farrar, Estelle Sinclaire (Mrs. Frederic) (American, 1919-2001), Source
1974-10-16
Category: 
Crystal City
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
cutting
engraving
Material: 
lead glass

Exhibitions (1)

H. P. Sinclaire & Co. Cut and Engraved Glass
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1972-10 through 1972-12

Publications (1)

H. P. Sinclaire, Jr., Glassmaker, v. 1 (1974) pl. 3D, p. 23; BIB# 27646