Bowl

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Object Name: 
Bowl
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
63.4.127
Dimensions: 
H: 2 3/4", D: 7 1/2"
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1903
Credit Line: 
Gift of Fletcher Ford and Mrs. Sally Recker in memory of Lola Kincaid Ford
Primary Description: 
Amber and opaque tan non-lead glass; pressed. Cylindrical shape, slightly wider at rim. Knob around amber edge, smooth opaque band just below rim, amber band of holly leaves with beading above and below; above smooth tan band around lower part of bowl, amber circular base with holly leaves.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Golden Agate or Holly Amber
Provenance: 
Recker, Mrs. Sally, Source
1963-09-26
Ford, Fletcher, Source
1963-09-26
Color: 
Amber, opaque tan
amber
Technique: 
pressing

Publications (1)

American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 327, #1269; BIB# 30457