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Object NameCovered Urn

Made FromLead Glass, presumably

Dateabout 1790

Place MadeIreland

Techniqueblown, cut, engraved, polished

SizeOverall H: 36 cm; Rim Diam: 14.5 cm

Accession Number51.2.244

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Title Unknown (Philadelphia Museum of Art)

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless, presumably lead glass, of gray tinge; blown, cut and engraved. (a) Deep conical bowl tapering to applied standard having octagonal, cut stem spreading to circular foot with beveled scalloped edge, polished base; decoration: at top about 1/6 cm below rim, engraved sprig and oval band (centers of ovals polished), at bottom, cut heart-shaped facets and pointed flat panels. (b) Set-in bell-shaped cover with octagon, cut spire knob; decoration: bands on bowl repeated in smaller scale, sprig and oval at base of bell-dome, panels and heart-facets at top.
Provenance

Source Steuben Glass, Inc. (American, founded 1903) - 1951-04-23
purchased from Cecil Davis, London, England

Former Collection Cecil Davis