bowl

Object NameBowl with Foliated Base

Maker Steuben Glass, Inc. (1903-)

Maker James McNaughten

Made FromLead Glass

Date1937

Techniqueblown, applied, ground and polished

SizeOverall H: 17.2 cm, Diam: 21.4 cm

Accession Number89.4.28

Credit LineGift of Steuben Glass, Inc.

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

United States

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; blown, applied; ground and polished. Bowl blown, perhaps in mold, with rim finished at glory hole; foot blown from separate gather, finished at glory hole; leaf-like elements made from separate bits, hot worked and applied. Bowl with foot; bell-shaped; rim outsplayed with rounded lip; wall curves inward and tapers before curving in sharply, narrowing and descending to bottom. Hollow foot with shallow, dome-like profile and plain rounded edge; at center, cut and ground depression which has removed pontil scar. Attached to foot and lowest part of bowl, four leaf- or feather-like elements, each of which is narrow at bottom and swells as it rises, becoming thicker and wider, and curls over at top.
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