jar
Object NamePreserve or Pickle Jar with Cover
Made FromLead Glass
Dateabout 1790
Place MadeIreland
Techniqueblown, cut
SizeOverall H: 21.75 cm; Rim Diam: 8 cm; Foot Diam: 5.8 cm
Accession Number51.2.151
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless, presumably lead glass, of gray cast; blown and cut. (a) Adams-urn shape: slender deep semi-oviform bowl supported by short pedestal base having cut octagonal stem spreading into octagonal round-edged step on square base with large ground and polished pontil mark; (b) set-in flanged and high domed cover with cut octagonal stemmed-knob; cut decoration: on bowl, narrow band of large low-relief diamonds between narrow band of flutes at top and, at bottom, wide band of flat tapering panels bisected by single horizontal rib; on cover, pattern on bowl repeated in smaller scale, and single row of facets on edge of rim, and, at one side, arched opening for spoon or other serving utensils.Provenance
Former Collection
Cecil Davis
one of set of three purchased from Cecil Davis, London
one of set of three purchased from Cecil Davis, London
Former Collection
Steuben Glass, Inc.
(American, founded 1903)
