Wine Fountain with Stopper

Object Name: 
Wine Fountain with Stopper

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Object Name: 
Wine Fountain with Stopper
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
83.4.12
Dimensions: 
(a&b) H: 53.1 cm, D: 16.1 cm; (a) H: 43.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1869-1880
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; pressed. Cylindrical shape; tapered neck, pattern of grapes and grape leaves on sides; silver spigot, marked "PAT.MAY.25.1869."; applied stem (pressed separately); circular foot; (b) tulip-like shape with long shank.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Magnet and Grape variation
Provenance: 
Schwind Antiques, Source
1983-03-07
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressing

Exhibitions (1)

Pressed Glass, 1825-1925
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1983-04 through 1983-10
St. Louis Art Museum 1983-12-01 through 1984-03-01
Suntory Museum of Art 1984-07-17 through 1984-09-02
Portland Museum of Art 1984-11-01 through 1985-12-31
Cincinnati Art Museum 1985-04-13 through 1985-05-26

Publications (5)

Recent Important Acquisitions, 26 (1984) illustrated, p. 143, #23; BIB# AI13534
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1983 (1984) p. 6; BIB# AI97139
Pressed Glass 1825-1925 (1983) #74; BIB# 30792
Glass from Six Centuries (1978) 135 p.; BIB# 29312
American Glass (1948) (1948) pl. 206, p. 397; BIB# 25297