bowl
Object NameCovered Bowl
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1801-1900
Place Madeprobably Russia
Techniquefree-blown, cut, engraved
SizeOverall H: 14.9 cm; (a) H: 8.0 cm, Rim Diam: 14.1 cm, Foot Diam: 7.1 cm
Accession Number60.3.51
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionClear heavy glass; heavily crizzled; free-blown, cut and engraved. (a) Bowl with straight-sided walls tapering downwards at bottom decreasing in diameter towards beveled base with concave center; (b) set-in slightly domed cover with stemmed ball knop finial; bowl and cover have around their centers a band of raised cut diamonds accompanied on top and bottom by panels, multipointed cuts at base, the ball knop is faceted; a row of small panels around shoulder of cover; on one side of the bowl a slightly concave area bearing a raised medallion with cipher of Tsar Alexander I surmounted by the Imperial crown and enclosed in a band of diamonds.Provenance
Source
A La Vieille Russie
1856
1740-1750
about 1730-1750
1730-1740