toilet set

Object NameCut and Gilded Dresser Set

Maker New England Glass Company (1818-1878)

Made FromLead Glass

Date1850-1860

Place MadeUnited States, MA, East Cambridge

TechniqueBlown, cased, cut, gilt

SizeSee Individual Records

Accession Number73.4.25

Credit LineGift of Miss Marion Pike

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

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.
Provenance

Former Collection Mary May Leighton Pike

Source Marion Pike