Sugar Bowl with Cover

Object Name: 
Sugar Bowl with Cover

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Object Name: 
Sugar Bowl with Cover
Place Made: 
possibly United States
probably England
Accession Number: 
86.2.36
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 18 cm, Diam (max): 11.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1815-1840
Credit Line: 
In memory of Charles H. and Alice Wendt Voorhees
Primary Description: 
Opalescent creamy-white, opaque yellow lead glasses; blown. (a) Globular bowl, with upturned rim, trailed opaque yellow on the edge; waisted neck below the rim and above the globular bowl; short stem, flared at either end, a rounded disk at the center; heavy disk foot; rough pontil mark. (b) Bell-shaped; short finial with disk top and trailed yellow edge; rough pontil mark on top.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
Innes, Lowell (d. 1986), Former Collection
1986-05-09
W. M. Schwind Jr. Antiques, Source
1986-05-09
Color: 
Opalescent Creamy White, Opaque Yellow
Technique: 
blown

Publications (2)

The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1986 (1987) p. 5; BIB# AI96383
Two important glass auctions (1986-05-03) Lot #137; BIB# 13023