bowl

Object NameCovered Sugar Bowl

Made Fromlead glass, metal

Date1816-1835

Place MadeUnited States, Eastern MA

Techniqueblown, tooled

SizeH: 11", D (top): 5 1/2"

Accession Number66.4.62

Credit LineGift of Otto W. Hilbert

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern
Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; blown and tooled. Cylindrical bowl with galleried rim; applied and marvered in triple bands below rim and near base of bowl; applied hollow stem containing an English coin [half-crown of George III dated 1816]; applied thick circular foot with rough pontil mark. Cylindrical lid with applied triple bands and applied hollow knob containing a matching coin; flat disk on top with rough pontil mark.
Provenance

Source Tilden and Son, Antiques

Source Otto Hilbert