Sugar Bowl and Cover Made for Philip Stover

Object Name: 
Sugar Bowl and Cover Made for Philip Stover

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Object Name: 
Sugar Bowl and Cover Made for Philip Stover
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MD, Frederick
Accession Number: 
79.4.309
Dimensions: 
(A) H: 10.1 cm, D: 17 cm; (B) H: 7.6 cm, D: 10.1 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1785-1795
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Regina B. Cale and William G. Bushwaller
Primary Description: 
Greyish transparent glass; blown and engraved. (A) Pear-shaped bowl with applied ring below rim to hold cover; applied ear- shaped handle with a pinched trailing; applied circular foot; rough pontil mark; engraved decoration of a wreath and "P. Stover" on one side, floral spray on other side. (B) Circular cover with hollow pear-shape knop, tooled rim; floral spray engraved on one side; rough pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Raggi, Mrs. August, Former Collection
Cale, Regina B., Source
1979-12-26
Bushwaller, William G., Source
1979-12-26
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
engraving
Material: 
glass

Exhibitions (1)

Title Unknown (Corning Museum of Glass)
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1976 through 1976

Publications (3)

Recent Important Acquisitions, 22 (1980) illustrated, p. 93, #23; BIB# AI98082
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1979 (1980) p. 6; BIB# AI97143
John Frederick Amelung and the New Bremen Glassmanufactory (1976) illustrated, pp. 106-107, #31 fig. 50 A-C; BIB# AI6136