sweetmeat glass
Object NameSweetmeat Glass
Made FromLead Glass
Dateabout 1725-1740
Place MadeEngland
TechniqueBlown, applied, cut
SizeOverall H: 16.75 cm; Rim Diam: 8 cm; Foot Diam: 9.5 cm
Accession Number51.2.165
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
In Sparkling Company: Glass and the Costs of Social Life in Britain during the 1700s
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionSweetmeat Glass. Colorless, presumably lead glass, of dark gray cast; blown, applied, and cut. Conical bowl with rim in alternate small point and broad scallop and with large flat cut diamonds on sides, drawn solid (cut) hexagonal cusped (knopped) stem; applied domed foot with six large ovals cut on side of dome and with long flute at base of each of the six broad scallops on rim.Provenance
Source
Steuben Glass, Inc.
(American, founded 1903) - 1951-04-11
purchased from Cecil Davis, London, England
purchased from Cecil Davis, London, England
Former Collection
Cecil Davis
