compote
Object NameCovered Compote
Maker
Ehrenfeld Glashütten
Made FromGlass
Date1800-1900
Place Madeprobably Germany; possibly Italy
Techniquefree-blown, pattern-molded, applied, tooled decor.
Size(a&b) H: 26 cm; (a) H: 17.1 cm, D (rim): 15.7 cm, (foot): 11.1 cm
Accession Number57.3.45
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTransparent greenish glass with few bubbles; free-blown and pattern-molded, with applied and tooled decoration. (a) High pedestal foot with rough pontil mark, cup-shaped straight- walled bowl curving at bottom; (b) set-in cover with knop finial; transparent turquoise rim around foot, crimped and pinched applied collar at bottom of bowl, on lower bowl and on top of cover applied threads in "nip't diamond waies" pattern, each field enclosing one applied turquoise nipple; finial knop patterned in rib mold, applied turquoise disk and button on top of knop.Provenance
Source
Lucy A. Cleary
