Compote

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Object Name: 
Compote
Place Made: 
Ireland
Accession Number: 
60.2.23
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 19 cm; Exterior Rim Diam: 24.2 cm; Foot Diam: 12.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1815-1830
Primary Description: 
Clear heavy glass with bubbles, impurities and gray tinge; wear marks at base; blown-in-three (?) part mold. Flat solid foot with rough pontil mark, short solid cushioned flat knop stem, cup-shaped bowl with straight sides curving down to base, and with wide overfolded rim; the pattern on the bowl consists of a band of panels with diamond alternating with narrow panels having vertical ribs, the lower part of the bowl has a band of vertical ribs.

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Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
McKearin Antiques, Source
1960-03-15
Color: 
Clear, Gray Tinge
Technique: 
Mold Blown