miniature
Object Name9 Miniature Dishes
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1858
Place MadeJapan, Satsuma-hanto
Techniqueprobably mold-blown, cut
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number61.6.12
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless glass; probably mold-blown, cut. Octagonal cake plate; straight walls with cut diamond pattern; flat base cut with a sixteen-point star. Goblet with bowl cut with three ovals of cross-hatching; narrow collar and ground rim; eight facets at base of cup leads to a four-sided stem and square pedestal foot. Covered cake dish; body curves in at base; cut design on three cross-hatched areas of partial diamond-shape; three semi-circular cross-hatched areas and eight facets; ground rim; tiny lobed foot; rounding cover repeating cross-hatched areas of body, surmounted by a pointed finial of cut facets. Decanter; curving neck cut in panels leading to a smooth, rounded collar with flat, ground rim; bulbous body, cut with loops; cross-hatching, eight facets and leaf-like motifs; stopper with knop in stem; flat top cut with star motif.Provenance
