Large Chalice

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Object Name: 
Large Chalice
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
84.2.1
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 24.2 cm, Diam: 14.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1980
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass. Round funnel bowl, short stem, round foot, stipple engraved scene including train, tunnel, bridge, buildings, engraving on interior and exterior, reads "1830 - Liverpool and Manchester Railways, - 1980"; signed "DR BURGESS 1980" below tunnel wall.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Burgess, Douglas R. (English, 1922-2016), Former Collection
1984-01-23
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
stipple engraved
Inscription: 
1830 - Liverpol and Manchester Railways - 1980
Inscription
DR BURGESS 1980
Signature and date

Publications (3)

Contemporary Glass: A World Survey from The Corning Museum of Glass (1989) illustrated, p. 215; BIB# 32803
Showcase: A Glass, Class Cone (1985-12) p. 2;
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1984 (1985) p. 7; BIB# AI96385