Bowl

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Object Name: 
Bowl
Place Made: 
United States, probably New England
Accession Number: 
95.4.217
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 4.5 cm, Diam: 16 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1820-1835
Credit Line: 
Gift in memory of Charles H. & A. Wendt Voorhees
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown in a full-size mold. Circular bowl with flaring sides and folded-in rim, blown in a mold with three rows of geometric patterning, diagonal lines over diamonds over diagonal lines, base with rays around diamonds around a circle, rough pontil mark in center of circle.

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Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
Webster, Donald, Source
Webster, Elizabeth Voorhees, Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
blown in a full-size mold