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sugar bowl

Object NameSugar Bowl and Cover

GafferProbably Matthew Johnson

Manufacturer Harrisburg Glass Works

Made FromNon-lead Glass

Dateabout 1841-1843

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Harrisburg

TechniqueFree-blown, applied and tooled decoration, applied

SizeOverall H: 18 cm; Body H: 13.25 cm, Diam (max): 13.5 cm

Accession Number50.4.455

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Loan exhibition of eighteenth and early nineteenth century furniture & glass; for the benefit of the National Council of Girl Scouts, inc.

On ViewAmerican Gallery

Physical DescriptionSugar Bowl and Cover. Non-lead, aquamarine; free-blown with applied and tooled decoration; large spheroid body with lily-pad Type II and III, contracted below narrow shallow galleried rim; applied sloping circular foot with rough pontil mark, applied opposing small hoop-handles with short ends. Small high dome cover with short plain flaring rim and with small ball knob from same gather and with pontil mark on top.
Provenance

Source George S. McKearin (b. 1874) - 1922-1950-07-31

Former Collection Della M. Curtice - 1922
Inherited by Mrs. Della M. Curtice, grand-daughter of John Rice.