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Three Face
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Three Face

Object Name4 Piece Set of Glassware
Maker George Duncan & Sons
Made FromNon-lead glass
Date1878-1890
Place MadeUnited States
Techniquepressed
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number64.4.3
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; pressed. (A) Salver: circular flat top; scalloped edge; acid-etched stem of three-faced woman's head above a hollow circular base. (B) Covered butter: disc shape. Knob on cover acid-etched in shape of three-faced woman's head. Acid-etched stem of three-faced woman's head above a flat circular foot. (C) Creamer: cylindrical body with woman's face under lip and at base of ear-shaped handle; vertical mold seams at lip, on handle and under handle; acid-etched stem formed of a three-faced woman's head above a flat circular base. (D) Sugar bowl: disc shape. Knob on cover acid-etched in shape of three-face woman's head. Acid-etched stem of three-faced woman's head above a flat circular foot.
Provenance
Former Collection Emma Derby
Mrs. Wood, Miss Emma Derby (born 1873), Miss Derby's father
Source Walter A. Wood
compote
George Duncan & Sons
1878-1890
bowl
George Duncan & Sons
1878-1890
creamer
George Duncan & Sons
1878-1890
muffin stand
George Duncan & Sons
1878-1890
epergne
Boston & Sandwich Glass Company
about 1870-1888
decanter
René Lalique
designed in 1927