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Object NameDouble glass bowl
Manufacturer Bakewell, Pears & Co. (1844-1880)
Made Fromnon-lead glass
Date1874-1876
Place MadeUnited States, PA, Pittsburgh
Techniquepressed
SizeOverall H: 9.8 cm, Diam: 22.7 cm
Accession Number86.4.41
Credit LineGift of Kathryn K. Porter
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Pressed Glass, 1825-1925
On ViewAmerican Gallery
Interpretive Notes
This patent covers the process of combining the colorless and opaque white layers. Very few examples exist today. It probably was not a commercial success.
Physical DescriptionFiery opalescent and colorless non-lead glasses; pressed. Hemispherical shape of colorless glass flaring at fire-polished rim; lower surface has an outer layer of opalescent glass with a pressed design of vertical flutes similar to the gadrooning commonly found on silver; circular foot is also of this opalescent glass "B P & Co PATD SEP 29TH 1874" embossed on base.
Provenance
Source W. M. Schwind Jr. Antiques - 1986-05-09
Source Kathryn K. Porter - 1986-05-09
Former Collection Lowell Innes (d. 1986)