Vintage
Object NameFruit or Flower Bowl
Made FromUranium glass
Date1920-1930
Place MadeUnited States
TechniqueBlown, engraved
Size(A) H: 9.8 cm, D: 39.1 cm; (B) H: 40.6 cm, D(foot): 12 cm; (C) H: 40.7 cm, D(foot): 12.3 cm
Accession Number96.4.45 A
Credit LineGift of Mr. Edward R. Meddaugh
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTransparent yellow-green non-lead glass (uranium glass); blown, hot-worked, ground, engraved, polished. Low, wide, circular fruit or flower bowl with oversized rim with non-polished engraved decoration; rim arches broadly and curves down to mid-point of bowl basin, rim is engraved with pattern of alternating single bunches of grapes and five-pointed single grape leaves (all pointing in toward basin) connected by an undulating vine (with irregularly spiraling tendrils) near the exterior perimeter, at rim edge is alternating border pattern of evenly spaced and interspersed small engraved single ponties and groups of four in a clover-leaf configuration; bowl is basin shaped with almost straight sides tapering toward broad, flat, slightly concave, footless base; wide circular ground and polished pontil.Provenance
Source
Edward R. Meddaugh
1920-1930
1745
Parent/Child