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Object NameMiniature Cake Dish with Cover
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1858
Place MadeJapan, Satsuma-hanto
TechniqueMold-blown, cut
SizeOverall H: 4.5 cm
Accession Number61.6.12 G
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Physical DescriptionMiniature Cake Dish with Cover. Colorless glass; mold-blown, cut. Covered cake dish; body curves in at base; cut design on three cross-hatched areas of partial diamond-shape; three semi-circular cross-hatched areas and eight facets; ground rim; tiny lobed foot; rounding cover repeating cross-hatched areas of body, surmounted by a pointed finial of cut facets.
Provenance
Source Dorothy Blair - 1961-04-25