Porringer and Plate in "Alphabet" Pattern

Object Name: 
Porringer and Plate in "Alphabet" Pattern

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Object Name: 
Porringer and Plate in "Alphabet" Pattern
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
84.4.178
Dimensions: 
(a) Porringer H: 6.5 cm, Diam: 14.2 cm; (b) Plate Diam: 18.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1904-1920
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Douglas Sinclaire
Primary Description: 
Porringer and Plate in "Alphabet" Pattern. Colorless lead glass; cut and engraved. (a) Bulbous bowl with thick rim; letters of the alphabet engraved in squares all around rim; cut panels around body; flat circular base with polished pontil mark. (b) Circular shape with letters of the alphabet engraved in squares around rim; cut panels sloping to round base engraved with wreath of flowers.

More Info

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

Exhibitions (1)

H. P. Sinclaire & Co. Cut and Engraved Glass
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1972-10 through 1972-12

Publications (1)

H. P. Sinclaire, Jr., Glassmaker, v. 2 (1975) pp. 67-68, #70; BIB# 27646