Bowl in "Nautilus" Pattern

Object Name: 
Bowl in "Nautilus" Pattern

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Object Name: 
Bowl in "Nautilus" Pattern
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
95.4.364
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 11.1 cm, Diam: 26.3 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1896-1901
Credit Line: 
Purchased with funds donated by Harriet Smith
Primary Description: 
Bowl cut in "Nautilus" Pattern. Colorless lead glass; blown, cut. Hemispherical bowl with 6-lobed rim cut in scallops. The pattern is formed of three intersecting circles of tiny diamonds which overlap in the base of the bowl and are filled with lines radiating from the center; the effect making them look like scallop shells; three hobstars fill the spaces between the "shells".

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Nautilus
Provenance: 
White, Gwen, Former Collection
White, Norbert, Former Collection
Potter, Gwen R., Source
1995-11-30
Category: 
Crystal City
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
cutting
Material: 
lead glass
Inscription: 
10
label
: 
Sticker interior at rim
007
label
: 
Sticker interior

Publications (3)

The Corning Museum of Glass: A Decade of Glass Collecting 1990-1999 (2000) illustrated, pp. 55, #/86; BIB# 65446
Recent Important Acquisitions, 38 (1996) illustrated, pp. 244-245, #33; BIB# AI97737
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1995 (1996) illustrated, pp. 20-21, #4; BIB# AI95180