Skip to main content

bowl

Object NameBlown and Cut Bowl
Made FromLead Glass
Dateabout 1790
Place MadeIreland
TechniqueBlown, Cut
SizeOverall H: 15.5 cm, Th: 5 cm; Rim Diam: 27 cm
Accession Number50.2.42
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Title Unknown (Rich's)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionDark colorless heavy, lead glass; blown and cut. Thick deep hemispherical bowl, resting on V-shaped spaces between ends of rays of large "star" cut on bottom; narrow band of facet cutting below boldly drawn and cut circlet of deep round-top arches over alternate 7-petaled flower and large checkered diamond and with lunar slices in spandrels and depending below slightly beveled rim of alternate two round and single angled scallops.
Provenance
Source Steuben Glass, Inc. (American, founded 1903) - 1950-10-01
Ice Jar
1840-1860
candlestick
Falcon Glassworks of Apsley Pellatt & Co.
about 1820-1830
beaker
Harrach Glasshouse
about 1815-1820
bottle
about 1840-1850
Brazilian
T. G. Hawkes & Company
1889-1900
vase
Harrach Glasshouse
about 1835-1845