Compote

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Object Name: 
Compote
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
79.4.143
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 25.2 cm; Rim Diam: 25.1 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1855-1870
Credit Line: 
Gift in memory of Theodore R. Steinhorst Sr.
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; pressed. Circular bowl pressed in the "Comet" or "Horn O'Plenty" pattern; a design of parallel swirls ending in circles near rim; applied pressed foot with vertical panels ending in a circular foot with the "Comet" pattern underneath.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Horn of Plenty/Comet
Provenance: 
Steinhorst, Mrs. William C., Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressing

Publications (5)

The Magic of Ceramics (2012) illustrated, p. 46 (fig. 3-17); BIB# 167897
Un guide pour la datation de la verrerie de table des annees 1800 a 1940 (2001) illustrated, Fig. 23, p. 196; BIB# 96483
Studies in Material Culture Research (2000) illustrated, p. 166, fig. 23; BIB# 71763
The Magic of Ceramics (2000) illustrated, p. 50 (fig. 3-17); BIB# 63974
American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 258, #1019; BIB# 30457