sweetmeat glass
Object NameSweetmeat Glass
Made FromLead Glass
Dateabout 1740-1750
Place MadeEngland
Techniqueblown, mold blown
SizeOverall H: 14.5 cm; Rim Diam: 9.8 cm
Accession Number79.2.356
Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; blown, blown-molded. Cup-topped round-funnel bowl with panel molding (8 panels); stem composed of a ball knop containing multiple air beads, hollow, octagonal "molded pedestal stem" with molded diamonds at the shoulders, set into a basal ball knop containing multiple air beads; domed, panel-molded (8 panels) foot, with molded diamonds at the rim of the dome; rough pontil mark.Provenance
Source
Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
- 1979-03-22
Former Collection
J. Amory Haskell
Former Collection
Red Bank
