bowl

Object NameBurmese Bowl with Applied Flowers

Manufacturer Mt. Washington Glass Company

Made FromLead glass, possibly

Date1885-1895

Place MadeUnited States, MA, New Bedford

TechniqueBlown, applied decoration, crimped

SizeOverall H: 17 cm; Body Diam (max): 23.8 cm

Accession Number50.4.341

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Burmese Glass: 1885-1985

Mt. Washington and Pairpoint: American Glass from the Gilded Age to the Roaring Twenties

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

This bowl, with its elaborate decoration, was one of Mt. Washington’s most expensive pieces of Burmese glass.

Physical DescriptionBurmese Bowl with Applied Flowers. Burmese, possibly lead glass, translucent lemon-yellow shading to pink; blown, applied; large hemispherical bowl squared at incurving crimped or fluted rim, supported by four applied yellow feet; pattern of ribbing so expanded as to be visible only on base, strawberry prunt at center base and applied, on two sides, a conventionalized open and a closed flower with stem and veined large leaf.
Provenance

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