Serving Spoon in "Russian and Pillars" Pattern

Object Name: 
Serving Spoon in "Russian and Pillars" Pattern

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Object Name: 
Serving Spoon in "Russian and Pillars" Pattern
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
84.4.58 C
Dimensions: 
Overall W: 28.6 cm, D: 4.8 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1890
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Huntington, Jr.
Primary Description: 
Serving Spoon in Russian and Pillar Pattern. Colorless lead glass; blown and heavily cut. Silver salad spoon with ovoid glass handle cut in Russian pattern; silver is marked "GORHAM CO" with an anchor.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Russian and Pillars
Provenance: 
Huntington, John C., Jr., Source
1984-08-24
Huntington, Mrs. John C., Jr., Source
1984-08-24
Category: 
Crystal City
Color: 
colorless
silver
Technique: 
glassblowing
cutting
Material: 
lead glass
silver
Inscription: 
GORHAM CO
inscription
: 
on silver with an anchor

Exhibitions (1)

World's Columbian Exposition

Publications (11)

The American Cut Glass Industry and T. G. Hawkes (1996-09) illustrated, p. 3;
The American Cut Glass Industry: T. G. Hawkes and His Competitors (1996) illustrated, p. 51, #2-14; BIB# 36646
The Corning Museum of Glass, Curators' Choice (1995) #18; BIB# 36655
The Cutting Edge: 200 Years of Crystal (Brochure) (1992) illustrated, p. 11; BIB# 35107
The Cutting Edge: 200 Years of Crystal (1992) p. 154; BIB# 35042
American Brilliant-Style Cut Glass (1991-06) cover ill.; BIB# AI26937
Shedevry amerikanskogo stekla: iz kollektsij Muzeia Stekla v Korninge i Muzeia Iskusstva v Tolido (1990) illustrated, pp. 66-67, #59; BIB# 34475
Masterpieces of American Glass (1990) illustrated, pp. 42, 94, pl. 67; BIB# 33046
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1984 (1985) p. 6; BIB# AI96385
Recent Important Acquisitions, 27 (1985) p. 103, #24; BIB# AI15253
The Complete Cut and Engraved Glass of Corning (1979) illustrated, ill. 159, 134, pp. 67, 63; BIB# 28811

Objects in Set (3)

4-piece Salad Bowl Set in "Russian and Pillars" Pattern
Artist:T. G. Hawkes & Company
Date:about 1890
Accession Number:84.4.58
Salad Bowl with Stand in "Russian and Pillars" Pattern
Artist:T. G. Hawkes & Company
Date:about 1890
Accession Number:84.4.58 A
 
Serving Fork in "Russian and Pillars" Pattern
Artist:T. G. Hawkes & Company
Date:about 1890
Accession Number:84.4.58 B