bowl

Object NameCovered Bowl or Jar

Made FromPresumably Non-Lead Glass, Enamel

Date1800-1899

Place MadeFrance

TechniqueFree-blown, frosted, enameled, gilded

SizeOverall H: 15.5 cm; (a) Bowl H: 7.5 cm; Rim Diam (max): 9.8 cm; Foot Diam (max): 7.5 cm

Accession Number51.3.232

Curatorial Area(s)

Not On View

Physical DescriptionCovered Bowl or Jar. Colorless, presumably non-lead glass; free-blown, frosted, enameled and gilded. (a) Circular bowl, sides curving from foot-like base to plain rim; smooth base; (b) set-in domed cover with tall globular knob tapering sharply to small domed base; transparent French blue (enamel) on base, edge of cover, top of knob and its base, and on bowl about 1.3 cm below gilded rim, a gilt-bordered band with gilt leaves on the French blue ground; on cover, similar band with leaf circlet; white frosted stripes on areas between blue decoration.
Provenance

Source Steuben Glass, Inc. (American, founded 1903) - 1951-04-23

Former Collection Douglas Curry