compote
Object NameCompote
Made FromLead Glass
DateProbably 1825-1875
Place MadeUnited States
TechniqueFree-blown, engraved, applied
SizeOverall H: 24.75 cm; Rim Diam: 25 cm; Foot Diam: 14.5 cm
Accession Number50.4.269
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionCompote. Lead glass, colorless of silvery gray cast; free-blown and engraved; wide hemispherical bowl, applied large hollow baluster stem with small double-domed boss at center bottom and resting on narrow stem, applied wide circular foot with ground and polished pontil mark; coarse, engraved decoration on sides of bowl: leaf and disc motif depending between diamond-crosshatched swags, disc and oval above juncture of swags and four ovals in quatrefoil formation in space above center.Provenance
Source
George S. McKearin
(b. 1874) - 1944-1950-07-31
