Peachblow Bowl

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Object Name: 
Peachblow Bowl
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, New Bedford
Accession Number: 
50.4.326
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 5.75 cm; Body Diam (max): 10.5 cm; Rim Diam: 9.25 cm; Base Diam: 5.25 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1886-1895
Primary Description: 
Peachblow Bowl. Non-lead glass, dull (acid) finish, white shading to pink; free-blown; circular form, sides rounding from small flat base to plain rim; sides decorated with daisy-like flower sprays in yellow, green and brown enamels; ground pontil mark on base.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
McKearin, George S. (b. 1874), Source
1950-07-31
Category: 
Early American
Art Glass
Color: 
pink
green
white
yellow
brown
Technique: 
acid-etching
glassblowing
enameling
peach blow glass
Material: 
lead glass
enamel

Publications (6)

Mt. Washington and Pairpoint Glass (2005) illustrated, p. 248, Fig. 10-28; BIB# 88066
Y'oroppa amerika no ant'iku garasu : shiru, kau, kataru, kansh'osura (2002) illustrated, p. 86; BIB# 74885
Story of Glass Coloring Book (1981) illustrated, p. 45, center right; BIB# 67749
Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass (Doubleday edition) (1950) illustrated, #5, pl. 100; BIB# 25299
Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass (Bonanza Books edition) (1950) illustrated, #5, pl. 100; BIB# 96725
Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass (Crown Publishers edition) (1950) illustrated, #5, pl. 100; BIB# 76944