Fingerbowl and Plate in "Silver Threads and Roses" Pattern

Object Name: 
Fingerbowl and Plate in "Silver Threads and Roses" Pattern

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Object Name: 
Fingerbowl and Plate in "Silver Threads and Roses" Pattern
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
84.4.176
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 7.1 cm; (a) Fingerbowl H: 6.4 cm, Diam: 13.4 cm; (b) Plate: H: 0.7 cm, Diam: 18.6
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1920-1927
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Douglas Sinclaire
Primary Description: 
Fingerbowl and plate in "Silver Threads and Roses" Pattern. Colorless lead glass; blown and engraved. (a) Conical bowl with design of fine vertical lines (silver threads) as a background for swags of roses; applied thick foot with roses engraved underneath. (b) Circular plate with silver threads and roses engraved in shoulder and wreath of roses in base.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Silver Threads and Roses
Provenance: 
Sinclaire, Mrs. Douglas, Source
1984-11-29
Category: 
Crystal City
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
engraving
Material: 
lead glass

Publications (1)

H. P. Sinclaire, Jr., Glassmaker, v. 2 (1975) pp. 67-68, #69; BIB# 27646