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Object NameMiniature Fruit Basket
Made FromLead Glass
Date1725-1775
Place MadeEngland; Northern Europe
Techniquepattern-molded, pincered, twisted, applied
SizeOverall H: 5.5 cm; Rim Diam: 9.25 cm; Foot Diam: 7 cm
Accession Number50.2.104
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
The Story of English Glass
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; pattern-molded bottom, sides of pincered and twisted threads of glass. Open-work straight sides spreading from "pear" diapered bottom, flaring crimped and waffled foot; two applied opposing semi-circular handles with one end turned back; rough pontil mark on inside of bottom.
Provenance
Source Steuben Glass, Inc. (American, founded 1903) - 1950-10-01
Former Collection Cecil Davis
plate
Gordon "Don" D. Wier
designed in 1948
jar
Philip Baldwin
1982-1983
jar
Philip Baldwin
1982-1983
jar
Monica Guggisberg
1982-1983
jar
Philip Baldwin
1982-1983
decanter
Imperial Glass Corporation
about 1953-1954