casket
Object NameCovered Casket with Tray
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1830-1840
Place MadeUnited States, Midwestern
TechniquePressed
SizeOverall H: 14.5 cm, W: 20.1 cm, D: 14 cm
Accession Number56.4.2
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Pittsburgh Glass
The Story of American Pressed Glass of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850
On ViewAmerican Gallery
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.Provenance
Source
Mrs. Albert E. Powers
- 1955-11
Former Collection
George S. McKearin
(b. 1874) - 1954
