Compote

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Object Name: 
Compote
Place Made: 
United States, New England
Accession Number: 
58.4.61
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 15.2 cm, Diam: 30.4 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1830-1840
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Louise S. Esterly
Primary Description: 
Compote. Colorless lead glass; pressed. Circular shape; rim of alternating scallops and double points; stippled; sides of bowl have four peacock feathers alternating with princess feather medallions; center of bowl has scrolled eyes; applied standard is also pressed; circular base with vertical ribbing and a scrolled pattern on the inside.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Esterly, Louise S., Source
1958-08-06
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressing
applied
Material: 
lead glass

Exhibitions (1)

The Story of American Pressed Glass of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1954-06-21 through 1954-09-15

Publications (3)

American Design Ethic : a history of industrial design to 1940 (1983) p. 124, top; BIB# 22693
American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 88, #241; BIB# 30457
The Story of American Pressed Glass of the Lacy Period 1825-1850 (1954) illustrated, p. 74 #110, pl. XXXI; BIB# 27822