Coronation Bowl

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Object Name: 
Pressed Bowl
Title: 
Coronation Bowl
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
73.2.7
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 4.7 cm, Diam: 14.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1937
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Robert Brearey
Primary Description: 
Colorless, non-lead glass; pressed. Low, circular shape with scalloped rim; rounded sides with molded inscription on exterior: "CORONATION OF / KING GEORGE IV / MAY 12 / 1937" in raised stippled letters, with leaves, roses and thistles between; flat base with molded crown and "GOD SAVE THE KING" in stippled letters on exterior; rounded foot rim.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Brearey, Mrs. Robert, Source
1973-06-25
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressing
Inscription: 
GOD SAVE THE KING
Inscription
: 
stippled on exterior of base
CORONATION OF / KING GEORGE IV / MAY 12 / 1937
Inscription; Date
: 
molded inscription on exterior of sides

Publications (1)

American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 372, #1444; BIB# 30457