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Object NameCovered Sugar Bowl

Makerpossibly Redwood Glass Company

Makerpossibly Redford Glass Works

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1835-1850

Place MadeUnited States, NY

TechniqueFree blown, applied decoration, applied

SizeOverall H: 27.2 cm; (a) Sugar Bow H: 17.2 cm; Rim Diam: 10.9 cm; Body Diam (max): 13.4 cm; Foot Diam: 10.7 cm

Accession Number55.4.157

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

The Fragile Art: Extraordinary Objects from The Corning Museum of Glass

On ViewAmerican Gallery

Physical DescriptionCovered Sugar Bowl. Transparent pale bluish aquamarine glass; free blown, with applied decoration; solid slightly sloping foot with rough pontil mark applied to large spherical knop stem with an enclosed silver half dime dated 1829, almost spherical bowl with galleried rim; high domed cover with ball knop, containing a similar coin dated 1835 and supporting a chicken finial; bowl and cover with superimposed lily-pad decorating Type II (McKearin, American Glass, 1948, p. 27).
Provenance

Source McKearin Antiques - 1955-11-12