Sugar Bowl and Cover

Object Name: 
Sugar Bowl and Cover

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Object Name: 
Sugar Bowl and Cover
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
79.4.98
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 18.4 cm; a) H: 10.6 cm, Diam: 11.7 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1850-1870
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; pressed. Circular, with "Comet" or "Horn O'Plenty" pattern on sides; scalloped circular foot with waffle pattern underneath.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Horn of Plenty/Comet
Provenance: 
Smith, Lora E., Source
1979-05-21
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressing

Publications (6)

The Magic of Ceramics (2012) illustrated, p. 46 (fig. 3-17); BIB# 167897
Un guide pour la datation de la verrerie de table des annees 1800 a 1940 (2001) illustrated, Fig. 23, p. 196; BIB# 96483
Studies in Material Culture Research (2000) illustrated, p. 166, fig. 23; BIB# 71763
The Magic of Ceramics (2000) illustrated, p. 50 (fig. 3-17); BIB# 63974
Glass Tableware, Bowls and Vases (1982) pl. 146, third from left; BIB# 22048
American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 259, #1023; BIB# 30457