mold

Object NameMold Form with Plaster Casts

Factoryprobably Union Glass Company (Somerville, MA, 1851-1927)

Made FromPlaster; Hardwood

Date1854-1870

Place MadeUnited States, MA, Somerville

Techniquelathe- and hand-carved

Sizee) Mold Form H: 16.5 cm; a-d) Model Sections H: 15.7 cm

Accession Number63.7.3

Credit LineGift of Mrs. A. R. Davis

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

On ViewAmerican Gallery

Physical Description(a-d) Brownish plaster; (e) hardwood, probably mahogany; lathe- and hand-carved. (a-d) Four interlocking sections of a plaster mold painted black; mold forms a shallow bowl with dot in diamond pattern around sides; (e) wooden model of shallow bowl with dot in diamond pattern around sides, cylindrical disk above and below pattern.
Provenance

Source Mrs. A. R. Davis - 1963-04-03