Pressed Bowl

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Object Name: 
Pressed Bowl
Place Made: 
United States, probably MA, Boston
Accession Number: 
2005.4.54
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 6.5 cm, Diam (max): 23.1 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1825-1830
Primary Description: 
Bowl. Colorless lead glass; pressed. Circular bowl with a rim of wide scallops and point, straight sides covered with 8 strawberry diamond sections separated by single vertical flutes, 4 globular feet and 4 sections of strawberry diamonds on base with alternating strawberry diamond and fan sections in center.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
Elsholz, William J., Former Collection
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., Source
2005-08-18
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressing
Material: 
lead glass

Publications (3)

The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2005 (2006) illustrated, pp. 14, 50, left; BIB# AI90241
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2005 (2006) illustrated, pp. 14, 50, left; BIB# AI90241
The Story of American Pressed Glass of the Lacy Period 1825-1850 (1954) illustrated, p. 66 pl. XXV #47; BIB# 27822