Father's Gift to Maria 1860

Title: 
Father's Gift to Maria 1860

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Object Name: 
Engraved Goblet
Title: 
Father's Gift to Maria 1860
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, East Cambridge
Accession Number: 
93.4.87
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 24.6 cm; Rim Diam: 12.8 cm; Foot Diam: 12.3 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1860-1870
Primary Description: 
Colorless, deep blue lead glass; blown, cased, cut, engraved. Bell-shaped bowl of colorless glass overlaid with blue, applied hollow baluster stem and circular foot; bowl engraved with flowers and two birds around a cartouche with "Father's Gift/To Maria/1860", reverse of bowl has flowers, a butterfly and two birds; stem is panel-cut, foot has engraved scrollwork and cut circles around rim.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Harding, Ruth Patterson, Former Collection
Patterson, Nellie Cate, Former Collection
Cate, Maria Mitchell, Former Collection
Episcopal Church Home, Source
1993-11-22
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
blue
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
cut glass
cased glass
engraving
Material: 
lead glass

Publications (5)

200 Years of Glass: A History of Libbey Glass (2019) illustrated, p. 9 (fig. 1-4);
Glass A to Z (2002) illustrated, p. 162; BIB# 73416
The Corning Museum of Glass: A Decade of Glass Collecting 1990-1999 (2000) illustrated, p. 43, #55; BIB# 65446
Recent Important Acquisitions, 36 (1994) illustrated, p. 113, #20; BIB# AI33896
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1993 (1994) pp. 9, 20, ill.; BIB# AI95182