toilet set

Object NameCut and Gilded Dresser Set

Maker New England Glass Company (1818-1878)

Made FromLead Glass

Date1850-1860

TechniqueBlown, cased, cut, gilt

SizeSee Individual Records

Accession Number73.4.25

Credit LineGift of Miss Marion Pike

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

New England Glass Company, 1818-1888

Place Made

United States, MA, East Cambridge

Physical DescriptionRuby over colorless, lead glasses; blown, cased, cut, gilt. (A,B) Perfume decanters: bulbous body with tall slender neck; gilt bands; cut with two rows of eight opposing arches through gold ruby to clear; cut trefoils and quatrefoils between arches; gilt swags and ornaments around body; octagonal base with ground and polished pontil mark. (Ab,Bb) Inverted pear-shaped, cut through ruby to clear in four vertical panels, showing elongated air bubble inside; gilt decoration around body; ground neck. (Ca) Powder box: flattened bulbous shape with eight panels cut through ruby to clear; cut trefoils and quatrefoils and gilt decoration; base ground and polished. (Cb) Lid: round ball knob, matching decoration with serrated cutting around rim.
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