Floradine Spoonholder

Object Name: 
Floradine Spoonholder

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Object Name: 
Floradine Spoonholder
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, OH, Findlay
Accession Number: 
86.4.66
Dimensions: 
H: 10.9 cm, D (max.): 10 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1889-1890
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David Clark, in memory of Rose Robbins
Primary Description: 
White, pink and colorless lead glasses; mold-blown, cased. Globular shape with flat (ground and polished) scalloped neck edges, raised design of pink flowers and leaves around sides; flat base, no pontil mark. This is a cased glass; the inner layer is white, the outer layer colorless, the pink color is developed by reheating the first layer before casing.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
"Onyx" glass
Provenance: 
Clark, Mrs. David, Source
Clark, David, Source
Category: 
Early American
Art Glass
Color: 
White, pink, colorless
white
pink
Technique: 
Mold-blown, cased

Publications (1)

The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1986 (1987) p. 6; BIB# AI96383