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
Sized) Mold Form H: 13 cm; a-c) Plaster Model Sections H: 14.7 cm
Accession Number63.7.4
Credit LineGift of Mrs. A. R. Davis
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionPlaster painted black, wood is brownish hardwood, probably mahogany; lathe- and hand-carved. (a-c) Plaster mold in three interlocking parts with a hollow for a shallow bowl with stem and no foot (a compote top), pattern of beaded circles on sides; (d) wooden model of a bowl with design of beaded circles around sides and cross in base, straight stem, no foot.Provenance
Source
Mrs. A. R. Davis
- 1963-04-03
