Bowl

Bowl

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Object Name: 
Bowl in "Crystal City" or "Wedding Ring" Pattern
Title: 
Bowl
Pattern Name: 
Crystal City
Department
American
Category
Crystal City
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Date: 
1891-1895
Color
AAT
colorless
Technique
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cutting
AAT
glassblowing
Material
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lead glass
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 8.5 cm, Diam (max): 19.7 cm
Accession Number: 
83.4.149
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Sisk
Location: 
On Display
Description
Colorless lead glass; blown and cut. Half-spherical shape with scalloped and serrated top rim, pattern of four large circles around sides, intersected with arcs cut in a chair-bottom like pattern and plain arcs. Multi-pointed star in base.
Provenance
Sisk, J. T., Source
Sisk, Mrs. J. T., Source
The American Cut Glass Industry: T. G. Hawkes and His Competitors (1996) illustrated, p. 21, #1-4; BIB# 36646
Recent Important Acquisitions, 26 (1984) illustrated, p. 146, #31; BIB# AI13534
The Complete Cut and Engraved Glass of Corning (1979) illustrated, fig. 75, p. 39, p. 34; BIB# 28811
American Cut and Engraved Glass (1965) 497 p.; BIB# 27459
American Cut and Engraved Glass (1965) 497 p.; BIB# 27459

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