Compote in Lincoln Drape pattern

Object Name: 
Compote in Lincoln Drape pattern

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Object Name: 
Compote in Lincoln Drape pattern
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
50.4.437
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 15.5 cm; Rim Diam:19 cm; Foot Diam: 11 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1860-1875
Primary Description: 
Compote in Lincoln Drape pattern. Colorless glass, light lead content indicated by spot test; pressed; deep hemispherical bowl with cable rim, hollow standard with short stem spreading onto top of domed foot; on side of bowl, six large ovals with depressed centers and six drapes of four swags each, alternating and above graduated fine ribbing, concentric rings.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Lincoln Drape
Provenance: 
McKearin, George S. (b. 1874), Source
1950-07-31
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressing
Material: 
lead glass

Publications (1)

American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 272, #1079; BIB# 30457