casket

Object NameCovered Casket with Tray

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1830-1840

TechniquePressed

SizeOverall H: 14.5 cm, W: 20.1 cm, D: 14 cm

Accession Number56.4.2

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

The Story of American Pressed Glass of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850

Pittsburgh Glass

Place Made

United States, Midwestern

Physical DescriptionCovered Casket with Tray. Clear glass; pressed, casket: rectangular body flaring upwards, scalloped base, high rim consisting of shells between volutes; around body-outside a lancet leaf pattern, on the bottom a rhombus with an oak-leaf motif framed by ribbing; cover: stepped cover with shell-finial; around cover-inside a gothic arch design; tray: rectangular tray with flaring rim; bottom-outside has a lancet-leaf pattern with stars, rim-outside has shells between volutes above a gothic arch frieze.
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