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place setting

Object Name10 Piece Place Setting

Manufacturer J. Hoare & Company (1868-1920)

Retailer Tiffany and Company (1837-present)

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1893-1900

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning

TechniqueBlown, cut, engraved

SizeSee Individual Records

Accession Number88.4.17

Credit LineGift of M. H. Riviere

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

Physical Description10 Piece Place Setting. Colorless lead glass; blown, cut and engraved. (A) White Wine, (B) goblet, (C) red wine glass, (D) champagne, (E) port or Madeira glass, (F) sherry glass, (G) cordial glass (H) punch cup, (I) finger bowl, (J) ice cream plate. (A-G) Bell-shaped bowl with flaring rim, tooled knop below bowl, inverted baluster stem, flat foot; bowl of each piece is cut in panels and engraved with dolphins, a fountain and scroll, engraving is polished, rock-crystal style; knop and stem of each piece is paneled and engraved with flowers, top surface of foot is cut into panels and bottom surface has engraved flowers and polished pontil mark; (H) punch cup has bell-shaped bowl, applied handle, 2 knops and domed foot and is cut and engraved to match stemware; (I) finger bowl is half-spherical with flaring rim and flat base and is cut and engraved to match; (J) ice-cream plate is circular with deep recess in center and is cut and engraved to match stemware.
Provenance

Source Marilynn Himes Riviere - 1988-05-11
Purchased by the donor’s grandparents at the 1917 sale of Brady’s estate.

Former Collection James "Diamond Jim" Buchanan Brady - 1917
This may be Hoare's exhibition set, purchased by Brady at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, which he is known to have visited several times or in 1898 when he bought his house. The set was purchased by the donor’s grandparents at the 1917 sale of Brady’s estate.