sugar bowl

Object NameSugar Bowl and Cover

Makerprobably Henry William Stiegel

Made FromLead Glass

Date1775-1800

Place MadeUnited States, probably PA, Manheim

TechniquePattern-molded, applied

SizeOverall H (with cover): 15.5 cm; Bowl H: 9.8 cm; Cover H: 6.9 cm; Bowl Diam: 11.7 cm; Foot Diam: 5.9 cm; Cover Diam: 12.6 cm

Accession Number50.4.18

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionSugar Bowl and Cover. Lead glass, brilliant sapphire-blue; pattern-molded; deep straight-sided bowl rounding at bottom to applied short-stemmed small circular foot; rough pontil mark; set-in, flanged, low-domed cover with swirl-ribbed finial; bowl and cover in expanded diamond pattern.
Provenance

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