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Object NameBank

Maker Boston & Sandwich Glass Company (active 1825-1888)

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1825-1850

Place MadeUnited States, MA, Sandwich

TechniqueFree-blown, tooling, applied decoration

SizeOverall H: 17 cm; Body Diam (max): 7 cm; Foot Diam: 7.5 cm

Accession Number50.4.281

Curatorial Area(s)

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionBank. Lead glass, colorless; free-blown with applied and tooled decoration; globular body with opaque white spiral tape, depressed top with coin slot at center, applied short blade-knopped stem and flat circular foot with slightly rough pontil mark; two applied hoop handles crossing at center top; twelve vertical applied pincered trailings of quilled bands on body, and, on handles, tapering to applied ornamental finial.
Provenance

Source George S. McKearin (b. 1874) - 1925-1950-07-31
Purchased 1925 from dealer who found it on Cape Cod.