Compote

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Object Name: 
Compote
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
80.4.42
Dimensions: 
H: 11.4 cm; D (rim): 15.2 cm, (foot): 8.9 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1830-1840
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; pressed. Circular bowl having alternate plain and "hairpin" panels and a bull's-eye rim; circular foot is formed from a cup plate with a pattern of ellipses.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Garth's Auctions, Inc., Source
1980-07-17
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressing

Publications (5)

American Glass Cup Plates: the first classified check list and historical treatise on the subject (1985) illustrated, p. 175 (pl. 43, #216C); BIB# 76786
American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 53, #111; BIB# 30457
Early American Glass and Bottles, Lacy Glass and Glass Canes (sale #19) (1980-07-12) illustrated, Lot #357; BIB# 10673
Pittsburgh Glass, 1797-1891 (1976) illustrated, p. 235 (fig. 232, center); BIB# 19272
American Glass Cup Plates (1948) illustrated, p. 175 (plate 43,#216C); BIB# 25463