celery dish

Object NameCelery Glass

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1825

Place MadeIreland

TechniqueBlown, cut

SizeOverall H: 17 cm; Rim Diam: 13 cm; Foot Diam: 9 cm

Accession Number50.2.105

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

The Cut and Engraved Glass of Corning, 1868-1940

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; blown and cut. Deep cylindrical bowl, spreading rim, applied circular foot with ground and polished pontil mark; cut decoration: deep swags, upper one finely ribbed, above graduated deep flutes; above swagging, narrow band of sharp diagonal ribs between wide horizontal ribs; rim, alternate fans and lunes, tops forming scalloped edge; band of fine rays around outer edge of foot.
Provenance

Source Steuben Glass, Inc. (American, founded 1903) - 1950-10-01

Former Collection Cecil Davis