bowl

Object NameFinger Bowl

Made FromLead Glass

Date1725-1750

Place MadeEngland

Techniqueblown, pattern molded, engraved

SizeOverall H: 8.5 cm, Diam: 11 cm

Accession Number83.2.11

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless (gray) lead glass; blown, pattern-molded, engraved. Cylindrical form with rounded base, with an additional gather of glass molded in gadrooning (14 panels); an engraved border around the rim, consisting of a wavy band above a series of rounded arcades linked by horizontal lines, with four-petaled stylized flowers between the arcades, pendant foliate devices beneath the arcades, and pendant scrolls beneath the stylized flowers; rough pontil mark.
Provenance

Source Stradlings - 1983-02-10