Covered Bowl Pressed in "Argus" Pattern

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Object Name:

Department

American

Category

Early American

Maker(s)

Bakewell, Pears & Co., Factory

Place Made:

United States, possibly Pittsburgh, PA

Date:

1850-1875

Color

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colorless

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  - color (ref)
    - colorless (ref)

Technique

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pressing

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  - forming (ref)
    - pressing (ref)

Material

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lead glass

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      - glass (ref)
        lead glass (ref)

Dimensions:

Overall H: 38 cm; Bowl Diam: 20.5 cm; Foot Diam: 13.75 cm

Accession Number:

50.4.364

Location:

On Display

Description

Covered Bowl Pressed in "Argus" Pattern. Colorless glass, light lead content; pressed in three pieces; hemispherical bowl with seven graduated rows of thumbprints and scalloped upright rim, attached by merese to standard with fluted hollow baluster stem on broad circular scalloped foot with circle of thumbprints on underside; hemispherical cover (reverse of bowl) with vertically ribbed ball knob and cusped edge to fit on scallops of bowl thus forming a sphere.

Provenance

McKearin, George S., Source to 1950-07-31

Publications (3)

Publications

Glass Tableware, Bowls and Vases (1982) illustrated, pl. 297; BIB# 22048

American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 250, #983; BIB# 30457

American Glass (1948) (1948) illustrated, pl. 213, #7; BIB# 25297

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