Compote

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Object Name: 
Compote
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NJ, Jersey City
Accession Number: 
71.4.108
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 19 cm, Diam: 28.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1830-1840
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown and cut. Circular bowl; notched rim; cut with strawberry diamonds and fans on lower half; applied stem and circular foot with cut star underneath.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Hannah, Henry Dummer, Former Collection
1971
Hannah, Mrs. Henry Dummer, Former Collection
1971
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Blown and cut

Exhibitions (1)

Art and the Empire City: New York, 1825-1861
Venue(s)
Metropolitan Museum of Art 2000-08-07 through 2001-01-18

Publications (3)

Artistry and Innovation in Pittsburgh Glass, 1808-1882: From Bakewell & Ensell to Bakewell, Pears & Co. (2004) illustrated, pp. 149-151, below; BIB# 86568
Art and the Empire City: New York, 1825-1861 (2000) illustrated, p. 551, # 273; BIB# 65140
Recent Important Acquisitions, 14 (1972) illustrated, pp. 160-161, #54; BIB# AI97756